2015 New York Laws
ABC - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Article 4 - (Alcoholic Beverage Control) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BEER
57 - License fees; when due and payable; fee for part of year.

 57. License  fees;  when  due and payable; fee for part of year.  1.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section fifty-seven-a, each
  license issued pursuant to this article other than the one specified  in
  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision shall be effective for a license year
  expiring on the thirtieth day of June following the date of its issuance
  and the license fee prescribed therefor shall be the license fee due and
  payable therefor and shall be  paid  in  advance  at  the  time  of  the
  application as provided for in this article.
(b)  Each  license  issued  pursuant  to  section fifty-five-a of this
  article  shall  be  effective  for  a  license  year  expiring  on   the
  thirty-first  day  of  March  following the date of its issuance and the
  license fee prescribed therefor shall be the license fee due and payable
  therefor and shall be paid in advance of the time of the application  as
  provided for in this article.
2.  When  application for any license under this article is made after
  the commencement of the license year hereinbefore provided  the  license
  fee  therefor  shall,  for  the  balance  of  the  license  year,  be in
  proportion as the remainder of such year shall bear to the  whole  year,
  except that it shall in no case be for less than one-half of such year.