§ 2-481 License Application Requirements.
RCNY § 2-481
(a)A hotel license expires on September 30th of even numbered years.
(b)An application for a hotel license must include the Department’s basic license application, the hotel license application supplement, and any other documents or information the Department requires. Such other documents may include documents that demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Administrative Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Subchapter 38. Where an applicant provides a collective bargaining agreement that demonstrates compliance with the requirements of Administrative Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Subchapter 38, the Department will not request additional documents demonstrating compliance with Administrative Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Subchapter 38.
(c)A hotel operator must obtain a separate license for each premises where it operates a hotel in the City of New York, notwithstanding common ownership or operation of multiple hotels. The hotel license issued by the Department shall include the address of the licensed hotel.
(d)A hotel operator that has submitted a collective bargaining agreement that demonstrates compliance with the requirements of Administrative Code Title 20, Chapter 2, Subchapter 38 as part of its hotel license application does not need to resubmit such agreement at license renewal for the duration of the agreement or ten years from the date the hotel operator submitted such license application, whichever is longer, provided that the hotel operator must notify the Department if such agreement is modified to remove the provisions that demonstrate such compliance. (Added City Record 5/2/2025, eff. 5/2/2025)













