N.Y. Agric. & Mkts. Law § 231

§ 231. Licenses, issuance of. No person or corporation shall maintain\nor operate any refrigerated warehouse and/or locker plant unless\nlicensed by the commissioner. Application, upon a form prescribed by the\ncommissioner, shall be made on or before September first of every other\nyear for the license period beginning October first following. The\napplicant shall satisfy the commissioner of his or its character,\nfinancial responsibility, and competency to operate a refrigerated\nwarehouse or locker plant. The commissioner, if so satisfied, shall,\nupon receipt of the license fee or fees, issue to the applicant a\nlicense or licenses to operate the refrigerated warehouse or warehouses\nor locker plant or locker plants described in the application until the\nfirst day of October of the year following the year in which such\nlicense was issued. The biennial license fee shall be two hundred\ndollars for each refrigerated warehouse. If a locker plant is operated\nas part of a refrigerated warehouse and upon the same premises, no\nadditional license fee shall be required.\n