I doubt that getting a license in NYC is easy. I have family in Rochester, Buffalo, and Jamestown in upstate NY and have heard a lot about working in the state. The state seems to make sure that they have everything in hand.
From what I have seen, getting a license is not easy (as it should be). If we spend years in school or in trade just to take a test then it had better be hard to get a license. In VA you can't pull a permit without a Masters. I think this is pretty common.
It doesn't matter where you live (NYC or Phoenix or Stuttgart) if you don’t know what the hell you are doing you might very well kill someone or burn a building to the ground (which could kill a lot more than one person)! It's scary that people all over the country (amateurs claiming to be electricians) feel that they know better than the NEC and us tradesman. The list is great and should be nation wide (anyone…anyone…? It will make you famous on ECN!)
