N.Y. General Municipal Law § 482: Hearing; amendment of license

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

issuance of a license shall be denied by the governing body 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 the governing body of the municipality 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.