N.Y. Alco. Bev. Cont. Law § 67

§ 67. License fees, duration of licenses; fee for part of year.\nEffective April first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, licenses issued\npursuant to sections sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four,\nsixty-four-a and sixty-four-b of this article shall be effective for\nthree years at three times that annual fee, except that, in implementing\nthe purposes of this section, the liquor authority shall schedule the\ncommencement dates, duration and expiration dates thereof to provide for\nan equal cycle of license renewals issued under each such section\nthrough the course of the fiscal year. Effective December first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-eight, licenses issued pursuant to sections\nsixty-four, sixty-four-a and sixty-four-b of this article shall be\neffective for two years at two times that annual fee, except that, in\nimplementing the purposes of this section, the liquor authority shall\nschedule the commencement dates, duration and expiration dates thereof\nto provide for an equal cycle of license renewals issued under each such\nsection through the course of the fiscal year. Notwithstanding the\nforegoing, commencing on December first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight\nand concluding on July thirty-first, two thousand two, a licensee issued\na license pursuant to section sixty-four, sixty-four-a or sixty-four-b\nof this article may elect to remit the fee for such license in equal\nannual installments. Such installments shall be due on dates established\nby the liquor authority and the failure of a licensee to have remitted\nsuch annual installments after a due date shall be a violation of this\nchapter. For licenses issued for less than the three-year licensing\nperiod, the license fee shall be levied on a pro-rated basis. The entire\nlicense fee shall be due and payable at the time of application. The\nliquor authority may make such rules as shall be appropriate to carry\nout the purpose of this section.\n