N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 11 : Civil Rights — Bill Of Rights — Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause Date: 23 Sep 2015 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 No citizen of this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and such fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the nature of the offense. N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 11