Licensing
Plumber made false filings about plumbing business ownership.
The Administrative Code requires that at least 51 per cent of a plumbing contracting business be owned by a licensed master plumber. A licensed master plumber was charged with falsely stating on several filed documents that he owned a 51 per cent share in a plumbing business. ALJ Spooner found that the evidence, including a letter signed by the plumber which indicated that a transfer of stock was "for Building Department use only," that the shares had "no financial value" to him, that he had "no claim" on any company earnings, and that upon his "demise" his shares would be returned to the company "without any further consideration," showed that the plumber did not own 51 per cent of the company. License revocation recommended.
Dep't of Buildings v. Reingold , OATH Index No. 2375/13 (Aug. 5, 2014), adopted, Comm'r Dec. (Aug. 14, 2014).