New York Laws
Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances
172-D - Prosecutions for Penalties.

ยง 172-d. Prosecutions for penalties. The state department of
agriculture and markets and each district attorney to whom there is
presented, or who in any way procures, satisfactory evidence of any
violation of the provisions of this article shall cause appropriate
proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts, without
delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as in such cases herein
provided.