2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 11 - (170 - 194) EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
192 - Prohibited activities.

  192.  Prohibited activities. An employer fee paid employment agency
  shall not engage in any of the following activities or conduct:
1. Direct an applicant to an employer for  the  purpose  of  obtaining
  employment  without  having  first  obtained a bona fide order therefor;
  however, a qualified applicant may be directed to an  employer  who  has
  previously  requested  that  it  regularly  be  accorded interviews with
  applicants of certain qualifications if a confirmation of the  order  is
  sent  to  the  employer.  Likewise  an  agency  may  attempt to sell the
  services of an applicant to an employer from which no job order has been
  received as long as this fact is told the applicant before the applicant
  is directed to the  employer.  Any  applicant  who  is  referred  to  an
  employer   contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  without
  obtaining employment thereby, shall be reimbursed by the agency for  all
  ordinary  and  necessary  travel expenses incurred by the applicant as a
  result of such referral, within twenty-four hours  of  making  a  demand
  therefor.
2.  Send  or  cause  to  be  sent any person to any employer where the
  agency knows, or reasonably should  have  known,  that  the  prospective
  employment  is  or  would  be  in  violation  of  state  or federal laws
  governing minimum wages or child  labor,  or  in  violation  of  article
  sixty-five  of  the  education  law  relating to compulsory education or
  article four of the labor law, or, that a labor dispute is in  progress,
  without  notifying  the applicant of such fact, and delivering to him or
  her a clear written statement that a labor dispute exists at  the  place
  of  such employment, or make any referral to an employment or occupation
  prohibited by law.
3. Require applicants for employment to subscribe to  any  publication
  or incidental service or contribute to the cost of advertising.
4.  Make  or  cause  to  be  made or use any name, sign or advertising
  device bearing a name which may be  similar  to  or  may  reasonably  be
  confused  with  the  name  of  a  federal,  state, city, county or other
  government agency.