N.Y. Real Prop. Acts. Law § 440-a

§ 440-a. License required for real estate brokers and salesmen. No\nperson, co-partnership, limited liability company or corporation shall\nengage in or follow the business or occupation of, or hold himself or\nitself out or act temporarily or otherwise as a real estate broker or\nreal estate salesman in this state without first procuring a license\ntherefor as provided in this article. No person shall be entitled to a\nlicense as a real estate broker under this article, either as an\nindividual or as a member of a co-partnership, or as a member or manager\nof a limited liability company or as an officer of a corporation, unless\nhe or she is twenty years of age or over, a citizen of the United States\nor an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United\nStates. No person shall be entitled to a license as a real estate\nsalesman under this article unless he or she is over the age of eighteen\nyears. No person shall be entitled to a license as a real estate broker\nor real estate salesman under this article who has been convicted in\nthis state or elsewhere of a crime, unless the secretary makes a finding\nin conformance with all applicable statutory requirements, including\nthose contained in article twenty-three-A of the correction law, that\nsuch convictions do not constitute a bar to licensure. No person shall\nbe entitled to a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesman\nunder this article who does not meet the requirements of section 3-503\nof the general obligations law.\n Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, tenant\nassociations and not-for-profit corporations authorized in writing by\nthe commissioner of the department of the city of New York charged with\nenforcement of the housing maintenance code of such city to manage\nresidential property owned by such city or appointed by a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to manage residential property owned by such city\nshall be exempt from the licensing provisions of this section with\nrespect to the properties so managed.\n