N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 16: Disqualification of members and employees of authority

§ 16. Disqualification of members and employees of authority. No

member of the authority or any officer, deputy, assistant, inspector or

employee thereof shall have any interest, direct or indirect, either

proprietary or by means of any loan, mortgage or lien, or in any other

manner, in or on any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured

or sold; nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any

business wholly or partially devoted to the manufacture, sale,

transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or own any stock in

any corporation which has any interest, proprietary or otherwise, direct

or indirect, in any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured

or sold, or in any business wholly or partially devoted to the

manufacture, sale, transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or

receive any commission or profit whatsoever, direct or indirect, from

any person applying for or receiving any license or permit provided for

in this chapter, or hold any other public office in the state or in any

political subdivision except upon the written permission of the liquor

authority, such member of the authority or officer, deputy, assistant,

inspector or employee thereof may hold the public office of notary

public or member of a community board of education in the city school

district of the city of New York. Any one who violates any of the

provisions of this section shall be removed.