460-H - Enforcement.

§   460-h.  Enforcement.  Upon  any  violation  of  this  article,  an  application may be made by the attorney  general  in  the  name  of  the  people  of  the  state  to  a  court  having  jurisdiction  to  issue an  injunction, and upon notice to the respondent of  not  fewer  than  five  days,  to  enjoin  and  restrain the continuance of the violation. If it  shall appear to the satisfaction  of  the  court  or  justice  that  the  defendant  has,  in  fact,  violated  this article, an injunction may be  issued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining  any  further  violation,  without  requiring  proof that any person has, in fact, been  injured or damaged thereby. In any such proceeding, the court  may  make  allowances  to  the  attorney  general  as  provided in paragraph six of  subdivision (a) of section  eighty-three  hundred  three  of  the  civil  practice law and rules, and direct restitution. Whenever the court shall  determine  that  a violation of this article has occurred, the court may  impose a civil penalty of not more  than  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars for each violation.