N.Y. General Business Law § 853 : General Business — Drug-Related Paraphernalia — Enforcement; limitation of scope Date: 19 Apr 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 1. The attorney general or any state or local health officer, town, village or city attorney, or the chief executive officer of a municipality may institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any activity prohibited pursuant to section eight hundred fifty-one of this chapter. If such court finds that any person, firm or corporation has sold or offered for sale any drug-related paraphernalia, it shall assess civil penalties against such person, firm or corporation in an amount not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each such violation. 2. This article shall not apply to any sale, furnishing or possession which is lawful under section 3381 of the public health law. 3. [Effective until 7/5/2021] This article shall not apply to any sale, furnishing or possession which is for a lawful purpose under title five-A of article thirty-three of the public health law. N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 853 Amended by New York Laws 2014, ch. 90,Sec. 7-a, eff. 7/5/2014.