N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 28-401.8.1: § 28-401.8.1 Fingerprinting.

Applicants for licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fingerprinted for the purpose of securing criminal history records from the state division of criminal justice services.

1. The applicant shall pay a processing fee as required and in a form and manner as prescribed by the state division of criminal justice services. Fingerprints shall be taken of the individual seeking licensure in the form and manner as prescribed by the division of criminal justice services; the owner, if the applicant is a sole proprietorship; the general partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and the officers, principals, directors, and stockholders owning more than 10 percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation, if the applicant is a corporation.

2. Any person required to be fingerprinted hereunder shall furnish to the department three current passport-sized photographs of such person.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, an applicant may submit, in lieu of such fingerprints, copies of submissions to any federal, state or local regulatory entity containing information comparable to that required by the department, provided that the department may require fingerprinting and disclosure pursuant to such paragraph where it finds that it has not received sufficient information or information that is comparable to department requirements.

4. Any person authorized by the department to request a check of criminal history information shall comply with the provisions of article 23a of the New York state correction law and all other applicable laws. If an applicant has been convicted of a crime, any decision regarding such applicant's fitness for a license or certificate of competence issued pursuant to this chapter must be made upon consideration of sections 701 - 703-b (article 23) and sections 751 - 753 (article 23-a) of the New York state correction law.

5. The department shall authorize the director of the licensing backgrounds unit and a licensing unit attorney to review the criminal history record information disseminated by the division.

(L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)