2010 New York Code
ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs
Title G - REGULATION OF SALE OF THEATRE TICKETS
Article 25 - (25.01 - 25.35) TICKETS TO PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT
25.25 - Records of purchases and sales.

* § 25.25. Records  of purchases and sales. 1. Every licensee shall at
  all times keep full and accurate sets of records showing: (a) the prices
  at which all tickets have been bought and sold by such licensee; and (b)
  the names and addresses of the person, firm  or  corporation  from  whom
  they  were  bought. Operators offering for initial sale tickets by means
  of an auction shall maintain a record of the price when  known  and  the
  number  of  tickets  and  types  of seats offered through auction. These
  records shall be made available  upon  request  to  the  state  attorney
  general,  the  secretary  of  state, or other governmental body with the
  express authority to enforce any  section  of  this  article;  provided,
  however,  that  the  records  required  to be maintained by this section
  shall be considered proprietary in nature and shall be governed  by  the
  protections  set forth in subdivision five of section eighty-nine of the
  public officers law. These records shall be retained for a period of not
  less than ten years.
    2. Twice annually, on June thirtieth and December thirty-first,  every
  licensee  that  resells  tickets  or  facilitates  the  resale or resale
  auction of tickets between independent parties  by  any  and  all  means
  shall report to the department of state the total number of, and average
  resale  or  average  final  resale auction price of, all tickets to each
  ticketed event, provided, however, that repeat performances of a  single
  event,  and  multiple  events that are part of a season-long performance
  shall be treated as a single event for the  purposes  of  the  reporting
  requirement of this subdivision. The information required to be reported
  by  this  section shall be considered proprietary in nature and shall be
  governed by the protections set forth in  subdivision  five  of  section
  eighty-nine  of  the  public officers law, and shall be used exclusively
  for analytical purposes by the department of state.
    * NB Effective until May 16, 2011
    * § 25.25. Violations; penalties. 1. Every person, firm or corporation
  who resells any such ticket or other  evidence  of  right  of  entry  or
  engages  in  the business of reselling any such ticket or other evidence
  of the right  of  entry,  without  first  having  procured  the  license
  prescribed and filing of a bond required by this article shall be guilty
  of  a  misdemeanor.  Every  person, firm or corporation who violates any
  provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A conviction
  for any violation hereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two
  hundred fifty dollars for the first violation, five hundred dollars  for
  the  second  violation  and  one  thousand  dollars  for  any subsequent
  violation or by imprisonment for a period not to  exceed  one  year,  or
  both such fine and imprisonment as herein provided.
    2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
  any person who has not  previously  been  convicted  of  violating  this
  section  and  who  sells  less  than  six  tickets  shall be guilty of a
  violation, and upon conviction shall be punishable  by  a  fine  not  to
  exceed one hundred dollars.
    * NB Effective May 16, 2011