Geneva, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 158 § 158-20

A. In cases alleging unfair real estate practices filed under this chapter, in addition to any other award of damages or grant of injunctive relief, or other equitable relief, a penalty may be assessed against the respondent. Payment of the penalty may be required as a term of a conciliation agreement entered into under § 158-17I , or may be ordered by the Board (or panel majority) in a decision rendered under § 158-19 by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding filed under § 158-22 . B. The penalty assessed against a respondent shall not exceed the following amount: (1) Ten thousand dollars if the respondent has not been determined to have committed any prior unfair real estate practice; (2) Twenty-five thousand dollars if the respondent has been determined to have committed one other unfair real estate practice during the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge; or (3) Fifty thousand dollars if the respondent has been determined to have committed two or more unfair real estate practices during the seven-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge; except that if acts constituting the unfair real estate practice that is the subject of the charge are committed by the same natural person who has been previously determined to have committed acts constituting an unfair real estate practice, then the penalties set forth in Subsection B(2) and (3) of this section may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which those prior acts occurred.