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N.Y. ABC Law § 121

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Review by courts

Official statutory text

§ 121. Review by courts. The following actions by the liquor authority\nshall be subject to review by the supreme court in the manner provided\nin article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules provided\nthat no stay shall be granted pending the determination of the matter\nexcept on notice to the liquor authority and for a period not exceeding\nthirty days:\n 1. Refusal by the liquor authority to issue a license or a permit.\n 2. The revocation, cancellation or suspension of a license or permit\nby the liquor authority.\n 3. The failure or refusal by the liquor authority to render a decision\nwithin the time required by section one hundred twenty of this article.\n 4. The transfer by the liquor authority of a license or permit to any\nother premises, or the failure or refusal by the liquor authority to\napprove such a transfer.\n 5. The issuance of an order of warning by the liquor authority.\n 6. Refusal to approve alteration of premises.\n 7. Refusal to approve a corporate change in stockholders,\nstockholdings, officers or directors.\n 8. Refusal by the liquor authority to grant permission for an\nadditional bar pursuant to subdivision four of section one hundred of\nthis chapter.\n

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