N.Y. Executive Law § 438: Privilege against self-incrimination

§ 438. Privilege against self-incrimination. The willful refusal to

answer a material question or the assertion of privilege against

self-incrimination during a hearing upon any investigation or review

authorized by this article or by article fourteen-h of the general

municipal law by any licensee or any person identified with any licensee

as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, employee or agent

thereof shall constitute sufficient cause for the revocation or

suspension of any license issued under this article or under the

licensing law, as the commission or as the municipal governing body may

determine.