NY Gen Bus L § 336-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 21 - Publications 336-B*2 - Interactive Information Network Service; Disclosure.

* § 336-b. Interactive information network service; disclosure. 1. For   the  purposes of this section, the term "interactive information network   service" means the furnishing or provision of an  entertainment  service   or of an information service, which is furnished, provided, or delivered   by  means  of  any  telephony  or  telegraphy  or telephone or telegraph   service (whether intrastate, interstate, or international)  of  whatever   nature, such entertainment or information services provided through 800,   888  or 900 numbers, mass announcement services, interactive information   network services, collect calls or direct calls.2. No person, partnership, firm, association or corporation  or  agent   or  employee  shall advertise the services of an interactive information   network service in any broadcast advertisement unless such advertisement   shall conspicuously give notice setting forth  the  total  cost  of  the   service  to the consumer, whether or not such cost will be incurred upon   contacting the service or over a period of time, and the cost  per  call   and/or  the  cost per minute or additional minute, if applicable, of the   service, and which notice, in the case of an international  call,  shall   set  forth  all costs incident to the service, whether or not such costs   will be incurred upon contacting the service or over a period  of  time,   and which costs shall include, but not be limited to, an estimate of the   cost  of  the  consumer's  outgoing  call  based  upon  the  established   undiscounted rates of the long-distance provider which then has the most   customers in this state.3. No person, partnership, firm, association or corporation  or  agent   or  employee  shall advertise the services of an interactive information   network service in any publication, solicitation or print  advertisement   unless  such  advertisement shall conspicuously contain, in at least ten   point bold type, a notice setting forth the total cost of the service to   the consumer, whether or not such cost will be incurred upon  contacting   the  service  or over a period of time, and the cost per call and/or the   cost per minute or additional minute, if applicable, of the service, and   which notice, in the case of an international call, shall set forth  all   costs  incident  to  the  service,  whether  or  not  such costs will be   incurred upon contacting the service or over a period of time, and which   shall include, but not be limited to, an estimate of the  costs  of  the   consumer's  outgoing  call based upon the established undiscounted rates   of the long-distance provider which then has the most customers in  this   state.4.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall apply to any television or radio   broadcasting station or to any publisher  or  printer  of  a  newspaper,   magazine   or   other  form  of  printed  advertising,  who  broadcasts,   publishes, or prints the advertisement.5. When  applicable,  providers  of  interactive  information  network   services shall cause the following message or words to the effect of the   following  to  be  provided  to  the  caller,  in  the language in which   information during such call will be provided:"The call you are placing will cost (rate at which fees or charges are   incurred). In order for you to receive the information you  are  calling   for, that fee will be charged to your telephone bill. If you do not want   to pay this amount, please hang up."The  calculation  of  any  applicable  fees  by  the  provider  of  an   interactive information network service shall  not  commence  until  ten   seconds  after  the provision of the notice of fees to be charged to the   consumer  required  by  this  subdivision.  The   provisions   of   this   subdivision  shall not apply to any service provided by: (a) a telephone   corporation as that term is defined in section two of the public service   law, (b) a provider of mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153,  or    (c)  a cable television company as defined in section two hundred twelve   of the public service law, or the affiliates of any of the foregoing.6.  For  the  purposes  of  this section any games or contests with or   without prizes being offered shall be an entertainment service.7. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application   may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the   state  of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an   injunction to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violation; and   if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice that  the   defendant  has,  in  fact,  violated  this section, an injunction may be   issued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining  any  further   violation,  without  requiring  proof that any person has, in fact, been   injured or damaged thereby. Whenever the court shall  determine  that  a   violation  of  this  section  has occurred, the court may impose a civil   penalty of not more than five hundred dollars  for  each  violation.  In   connection  with  any  such proposed application the attorney general is   authorized to take proof and make a determination of the relevant  facts   and  to  issue  subpoenas  in accordance with the civil practice law and   rules.* NB There are 2 § 336-b's