New York City Administrative Code: "Any person who violates this chapter... shall be liable for a civil penalty.. in an amount of twenty-five dollars for the first violation, fifty dollars for the second violation and one hundred dollars for the third and each subsequent violation... A person committing a fourth and any subsequent violation within a period of six months shall be classified as a persistent violator and shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation" https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2006/new-york-city-adm... (Title 16 sanitation, chapter 3 solid waste recycling, subchapter 6 REGULATIONS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL AND ENFORCEMENT)
Not an idle threat, either, my apartment building has been fined in the past.