NYSentencing

§ 190.20  False advertising.
    A  person is guilty of false advertising when, with intent to
promote the sale or to increase the consumption  of  property  or
services,  he  makes  or  causes to be made a false or misleading
statement in any advertisement or publishes any advertisement  in
violation of chapter three of the act of congress entitled "Truth
in Lending Act" and the regulations thereunder, as such  act  and
regulations  may  from  time to time be amended, addressed to the
public or to a substantial number of persons; except that, in any
prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that
the allegedly false or misleading statement was not knowingly  or
recklessly made or caused to be made.
    False advertising is a class A misdemeanor.
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