N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 232

§ 232. License to conduct pari-mutuel betting at race meetings for\nrunning races or steeplechases. 1. Any corporation, at the time of\nmaking application to the state racing and wagering board for a license\nto conduct a race course or a race meeting for running races or\nsteeplechases, or at such subsequent time as the board may permit, may\napply to such board for a license to conduct at such race meeting\npari-mutuel betting on the races to be run thereat. The board may\nprescribe the form in which such application shall be made and the\ninformation to be furnished by such corporation. If the board be\nsatisfied from such application, or from other sources of information,\nthat the racetrack of such corporation for which such application is\nmade has facilities and equipment sufficient to accommodate its probable\nnumber of patrons, it shall issue to such corporation a license to\nconduct pari-mutuel betting in the manner and subject to the conditions\nprescribed by this chapter, at the racetrack described in such license\non the days specified in such license.\n 2. The refusal of an application for such license shall be preceded by\nnotice and an opportunity to be heard. In the conduct of such hearing\nthe board shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence but all\nevidence offered before the board shall be reduced to writing, and such\nevidence together with the exhibits, if any, and the findings of the\nboard, shall be permanently preserved and shall constitute the record of\nthe board in such case. Such hearing may be presided over by the\nchairman of the board or by any member or by an officer of the board\ndesignated by the chairman in writing to act as hearing officer and such\nperson or persons may issue subpoenas for witnesses and administer oaths\nto witnesses. The hearing officer, at the conclusion of the hearing\nshall make findings which, if concurred in by two members of the board,\nshall become the findings of the board. The action of the board in\nrefusing a license shall be reviewable in the supreme court in the\nmanner provided by the provisions of article seventy-eight of the civil\npractice law and rules.\n