N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 251-c

§ 251-c. Disqualification of a flight instruction school applicant. An\napplicant to an aeronautical facility, flight school or institution of\nhigher learning shall be disqualified from receiving air or flight\ninstruction if, after reviewing criminal history information on the\napplicant and applying the criteria set forth in article twenty-three-A\nof the correction law, the commissioner of the division of criminal\njustice services or the authorized official of the aeronautical\nfacility, flight school or institution of higher education determines\nthat the individual should not be permitted to receive such instruction.\n