Section 99-E. Change in duration of permits

The  liquor  authority  is
  authorized to change the periods  during  which  permits  authorized  by
  sections    ninety-one,    ninety-one-a,    ninety-two,    ninety-two-a,
  ninety-three,  ninety-three-a,  ninety-four,  ninety-five,   ninety-six,
  ninety-six-a  and  ninety-nine-b of this article, shall be effective and
  to establish the  commencement  dates,  duration  and  expiration  dates
  thereof, provided that no such permit shall be effective for a period in
  excess  of  three  years.  When  any  change  or changes are made in the
  duration of any such permit, the permit fee shall be equal to the annual
  permit fee specified in this article multiplied by the number  of  years
  for which such permit is issued. Any other provision of any other law to
  the  contrary notwithstanding, an applicant, other than a not-for-profit
  organization as defined in section one  hundred  seventy-nine-q  of  the
  state  finance  law,  shall not be issued a temporary permit pursuant to
  section ninety-seven of this article for events to take place  upon  any
  premise  for which the authority has issued any license, or has issued a
  permit more than four times within any one year period, provided however
  that the authority may, in its sole discretion, issue additional  single
  permits  if  it  shall  determine upon the issuance of each that (a) the
  application for such permit is not an attempt  to  circumvent  licensing
  provisions  of  this  chapter, and (b) the issuance of such permit would
  not be a detriment to the community or the surrounding  neighborhood  as
  such  shall  be  determined  by  the  authority  after consultation with
  municipal authorities and police agencies and community boards  for  the
  purpose   of  reviewing  community  or  neighborhood  or  police  agency
  complaints, or violations of state or local laws. The  liquor  authority
  may  make such rules as shall be appropriate to carry out the purpose of
  this section.