NYC Admin Code › Title 8: Civil Rights › Chapter 1: Commission on Human Rights
§ 8-129 Criminal penalties
In addition to any other penalties or sanctions which may be imposed pursuant to this chapter or any other law, any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the commission or any of its members or representatives in the performance of any duty under this chapter, or shall willfully violate an order of the commission issued pursuant to section 8-115 or section 8-120, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both; but the procedure for the review of the order shall not be deemed to be such willful conduct.
- Source
- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- Effective October 16, 2018
- Checked
- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
Amendment history
- (Am. L.L. 2018/063, 1/19/2018, eff. 10/16/2018)
Publisher's notes
Added by the publisher for reference. Not part of the law.
- Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1991/039.
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