N.Y. General City Law § 55: Violations, how punished

§ 55. Violations, how punished. Any person violating any of the

provisions of this article, or any rules or regulations of the board of

health or of the examining board of plumbers in any city regulating the

plumbing and drainage of buildings in such city, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor, and on conviction, if a master plumber, shall in addition,

forfeit any certificate of competency or registration, which he may hold

under the provisions thereof.