N.Y.C. Charter § 375: Section 375. Registration with the comptroller.

All agreements memorializing the terms of franchises, revocable consents or concessions shall be agreements subject to the applicable registration requirements and other provisions of section three hundred twenty-eight except that the terms "vendor" and "contractor" as used in section three hundred twenty-eight shall be deemed to apply to the holders of franchises, revocable consents and concessions.