N.Y. General Business Law Section 591
Opening of a similar business

Opening of a business similar to the one for which the sale, licensed pursuant to this article, was conducted, except the licensed “sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke or water,” by the person, partnership, association, corporation, or partner of a partnership, officer of an association or principal stockholder of a corporation, who or which conducted the sale upon the same premises within a period of one year of the termination of the sale, shall constitute a violation of this article, and every day in which business is conducted within such period shall constitute a separate violation of this article.

Source: Section 591 — Opening of a similar business, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/591 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 7, 2026).

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