§ 175. Enforcement by attorney general. 1. An action for violation of\nthis article may be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his deputy,\nin the name of the people of the state, and in any such action, the\nattorney general or his deputy, shall exercise all the powers and\nperform all duties which the district attorney would otherwise be\nauthorized to exercise or to perform therein.\n 2. In addition to any other action or proceeding authorized by law and\nany action or proceeding by the attorney general, the attorney general\nmay bring an action or special proceeding in the supreme court, in the\nname and in behalf of the people of the state of New York, against a\ncharitable organization and any other persons acting for it or in its\nbehalf to enjoin such organization and/or persons from continuing the\nsolicitation or collection of funds or property or engaging therein or\ndoing any acts in furtherance thereof, and to cancel any registration\nstatement previously filed with the attorney general pursuant to this\narticle and for an order awarding restitution and damages, penalties and\ncosts; and removing any director or other person responsible for the\nviolation of this article; dissolving a corporation and other relief\nwhich the court may deem proper, whenever the attorney general shall\nhave reason to believe that the charitable organization or other person:\n (a) is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this\narticle;\n (b) has refused or failed, or any of its principal officers has\nrefused or failed, after notice, to produce any records of such\norganizations;\n (c) is employing or about to employ, or there is employed or about to\nbe employed, in any solicitation or collection of funds or other\nproperty for such organization, any device, scheme or artifice to\ndefraud or for obtaining money or property by means of a false pretense,\nrepresentation or promise;\n (d) has made a material false statement in an application,\nregistration or statement required to be filed pursuant to this article;\n (e) (i) has failed or is failing to apply the funds solicited from the\npublic in a manner substantially consistent with its charitable purposes\nor solicitation or has engaged in repeated fraudulent or illegal\nactivities, acts or conduct in connection with the solicitation for\ncharitable purposes; (ii) or, in the case of a law enforcement support\norganization, has failed or is failing to apply the funds solicited from\nthe public in a manner substantially consistent with the purposes of the\nsolicitation or has engaged in repeated fraudulent or illegal\nactivities, acts or conduct in connection with the solicitation for\npurposes of the law enforcement support organization;\n (f) violates any order or determination made by the attorney general\npursuant to the provisions of this article;\n (g) has used or intends to use false or materially misleading\nadvertising or promotional material in connection with any solicitation\nor with any commercial co-venture or fails to disclose the information\nrequired to be disclosed pursuant to section one hundred seventy-four-b\nof this article; or\n (h) is a law enforcement support organization and is employing or\nabout to employ, or there is employed or about to be employed, in any\nsolicitation or collection of funds or other property for such\norganization, any device, scheme or artifice to defraud or for obtaining\nmoney or property by means of a false pretense, representation or\npromise which shall include, without limitation, making any of the\nfollowing representations: (i) that professional fund raisers or\nsolicitors are police officers or employees of any law enforcement\nagency, (ii) that funds collected will be used to aid widows and\nchildren of police officers slain in the line of duty or for any other\ncharitable program unless the organization is actually engaged in such a\nprogram, (iii) that contributors will receive special benefits from
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