N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 195-i

§ 195-i. Exemption from prosecution. No person, firm, partnership,\ncorporation or organization lawfully conducting, or participating in the\nconduct of games of chance or permitting the conduct upon any premises\nowned or leased by him or it under any license lawfully issued pursuant\nto this article, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for\nviolation of any provision of article two hundred twenty-five of the\npenal law or any other law or ordinance to the extent that such conduct\nis specifically authorized by this article, but this immunity shall not\nextend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or\nparticipating in the conduct of games of chance under any license\nobtained by any false pretense or by any false statement made in any\napplication for license or otherwise, or permitting the conduct upon any\npremises owned or leased by him or it of any game of chance conducted\nunder any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such\nfalse pretense or statement.\n