N.Y. General Municipal Law § 192: Hearing; amendment of license

§ 192. Hearing; amendment of license. 1. No application for the

issuance of a license to conduct games of chance or lease premises to an

authorized organization shall be denied by the clerk or department,

until after a hearing, held on due notice to the applicant, at which the

applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the

applicant and the merits of the application.

2. Any license issued under this article may be amended, upon

application made to such clerk or department which issued it, if the

subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly

have been included in the original license and upon payment of such

additional license fee if any, as would have been payable if it had been

so included.