2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBO - Public Officers
Article 4 - (60 - 79) POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
79 - Fine in certain cases.

 
    § 79. Fine  in  certain cases. Where an officer or a member of a board
  or other body has without just cause refused or neglected to  perform  a
  public duty enjoined upon him by a special provision of law, a court may
  impose a fine, not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars, upon the officer
  or  member who has so refused or neglected, to be paid into the treasury
  of the state.