2006 New York Code - Failure To Register; Penalties.

 
    §  27-2107 Failure to register; penalties. a. A person who is required
  to file a statement of registration or an amendment of  a  statement  of
  registration  or any other statement required under this article and who
  fails to file as required may, whenever appropriate, be  punished  under
  the  provisions  of  article  three of subchapter five of this code, and
  such person shall be subject to a civil penalty of  not  less  than  two
  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  and  not  more  than five hundred dollars,
  recoverable by the department by civil action in a court of  appropriate
  jurisdiction.
    b.  An owner who is required to file a statement of registration under
  this article and who fails to file as required shall be denied the right
  to recover possession of the premises for nonpayment of rent during  the
  period  of  noncompliance,  and  shall,  in the discretion of the court,
  suffer a stay of proceedings to recover rents, during  such  period.  In
  any  action  to recover possession under section seven hundred eleven of
  the real property actions and proceedings law, the owner shall set forth
  his or her registration number  issued  by  the  department,  and  shall
  allege  that  he  or she has filed a statement of registration and shall
  annex a copy of the receipt of such registration to his or her petition.