N.Y. General City Law Section 56
Employer’s failure to withhold

--If an employer fails to deduct and withhold tax as required, and thereafter the tax against which such tax may be credited is paid, the tax so required to be deducted and withheld shall not be collected from the employer, but the employer shall not be relieved from liability for any penalties, interest, or additions to the tax otherwise applicable in respect of such failure to deduct and withhold.

Source: Section 56 — Employer's failure to withhold, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GCT/56 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 19, 2025).

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