New York Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 7205 - Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision.

 7205. Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision. No action
  for a penalty or forfeiture may be brought for an act done in good faith
  and  pursuant  to  a construction given to a statute by a decision of an
  appellate court and adjudged lawful thereby, where  such  act  was  done
  prior to a reversal or the overruling of such decision.

Last modified: February 3, 2019