2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 33 - (680 - 695) FRANCHISES
692 - Enforcement by attorney general.

  692.  Enforcement  by  attorney  general.  1.  The  department  may
  prosecute every person charged with a criminal offense in  violation  of
  this article and regulations issued thereunder. In all such proceedings,
  the  department  may appear before any court of record or any grand jury
  and perform all the duties in respect of  such  actions  or  proceedings
  which the district attorney would otherwise be authorized or required to
  exercise  or  perform;  or the department may in its discretion transmit
  evidence, proof and information as  to  such  offense  to  the  district
  attorney  of  the  county or counties in which the alleged violation has
  occurred, and every district attorney to whom such evidence,  proof  and
  information  is  so transmitted may proceed to investigate and prosecute
  any person charged with such violation. In any such  proceeding  wherein
  the  department  has appeared, the district attorney shall only exercise
  such powers and perform such duties  as  are  required  of  him  by  the
  department.
2.  Upon  a  showing  by  the department that a fraudulent practice as
  defined by this article has occurred, the department may include  in  an
  action  under  this  article an application to direct restitution of any
  moneys  or  property  obtained  directly  or  indirectly  by  any   such
  fraudulent practice.