N.Y. General Business Law § 172: License required

§ 172. License required. No person shall open, keep, maintain, own,

operate or carry on any employment agency unless such person shall have

first procured a license therefor as provided in this article. Such

license shall be issued by the commissioner of labor, except that if the

employment agency is to be conducted in the city of New York such

license shall be issued by the commissioner of consumer affairs of such

city. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said

agency.