N.Y. ABC Law § 99-E

§ 99-e. Change in duration of permits. The liquor authority is\nauthorized to change the periods during which permits authorized by\nsections ninety-one, ninety-one-a, ninety-two, ninety-two-a,\nninety-three, ninety-three-a, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six,\nninety-six-a and ninety-nine-b of this article, shall be effective and\nto establish the commencement dates, duration and expiration dates\nthereof, provided that no such permit shall be effective for a period in\nexcess of three years. When any change or changes are made in the\nduration of any such permit, the permit fee shall be equal to the annual\npermit fee specified in this article multiplied by the number of years\nfor which such permit is issued. Any other provision of any other law to\nthe contrary notwithstanding, an applicant, other than a not-for-profit\norganization as defined in section one hundred seventy-nine-q of the\nstate finance law, shall not be issued a temporary permit pursuant to\nsection ninety-seven of this article for events to take place upon any\npremise for which the authority has issued any license, or has issued a\npermit more than four times within any one year period, provided however\nthat the authority may, in its sole discretion, issue additional single\npermits if it shall determine upon the issuance of each that (a) the\napplication for such permit is not an attempt to circumvent licensing\nprovisions of this chapter, and (b) the issuance of such permit would\nnot be a detriment to the community or the surrounding neighborhood as\nsuch shall be determined by the authority after consultation with\nmunicipal authorities and police agencies and community boards for the\npurpose of reviewing community or neighborhood or police agency\ncomplaints, or violations of state or local laws. The liquor authority\nmay make such rules as shall be appropriate to carry out the purpose of\nthis section.\n