2006 New York Code - 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.