2006 New York Code - False Or Fraudulent Representations.

 
    § 20-288 False or fraudulent representations. Any auctioneer who shall
  have  knowledge of any false or fraudulent representations or statements
  or who makes or causes any such statements to be made in respect to  the
  character  of  any  sale,  or  the  party  authorizing  the same, or the
  quality, condition, ownership, situation, or value of any property, real
  or personal, exposed, put up, or offered by  him  or  her  for  sale  at
  public  auction,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of a misdemeanor, and, upon
  conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding  one
  year or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.