N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 482

§ 482. Hearing; amendment of license. 1. No application for the\nissuance of a license shall be denied by the governing body until after\na hearing, held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant\nshall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant\nand the merits of the application.\n 2. Any license issued under this article may be amended, upon\napplication made to the governing body of the municipality which issued\nit, if the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and\nproperly have been included in the original license and upon payment of\nsuch additional license fee if any, as would have been payable if it had\nbeen so included.\n