2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28-D - (480 - 486) LASERS, RADIATION, CRANE OPERATORS AND BLASTERS
486 - Crane inspectors.

   486.   Crane   inspectors.   1.  Civil  penalty  and  enforcement.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where it is proven, after  a
  hearing on the merits, that a crane inspector:
a.  willfully  failed  to inspect a crane for which he or she filed an
  inspection report; or
b. willfully falsified an inspection report; or
c. willfully made material misstatements or material omissions  on  an
  inspection report; or
d.  willfully accepted a bribe, regardless of its effect on his or her
  official duties;
such crane inspector shall be subject to a civil penalty of  not  less
  than  one  thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each
  such  occurrence  or  transaction.  The  attorney  general  shall   have
  jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.
2.  Scope.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not be deemed to
  establish an exclusive remedy, and  shall  not  be  deemed  to  bar  the
  prosecution  of  criminal  charges  in  addition  to  any action brought
  pursuant to the provisions of this section.