2013 New York Consolidated Laws
CVR - Civil Rights
Article 5-A - (53 - 57) MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS.
56 - Offenses; penalties.

 
    §  56.  Offenses;  penalties. Any corporation or association violating
  any  provision  of  this  article  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor
  punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than
  ten  thousand  dollars.   Any officer of such corporation or association
  and every member of the board of directors, trustees  or  other  similar
  body,  who  violates  any  provision  of  this  article  or  permits  or
  acquiesces in the violation of any provision of this article by any such
  corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who  becomes  a
  member  of  any  such  corporation  or  association, or remains a member
  thereof,  or  attends  a  meeting  thereof,  with  knowledge  that  such
  corporation  or  association  has failed to comply with any provision of
  this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.