151 - Penalty for cashing public assistance checks. - New York Statutes

§ 151. Penalty for cashing public assistance checks. No person, firm or corporation licensed under the provision of the alcoholic beverage control law to sell liquor at retail shall cash or accept, for any purpose whatsoever, any public assistance check issued by a public welfare official or department as and for public assistance. A violation of the provisions of this section for the first offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars. A second offense shall constitute sufficient cause for the revocation, cancellation or suspension of such license issued pursuant to the alcoholic beverage control law.