Section 16-131.1. Issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of permits

The  commissioner  shall  be  responsible  for  the  issuance,  renewal,
  suspension  and revocation of permits required by section 16-130 of this
  chapter. An application for such a permit shall also be presented by the
  department to the New York city trade waste  commission  for  review  by
  such  commission. The commissioner shall consider the recommendations of
  such commission in making a determination pursuant to this section.
    a. The commissioner, consistent with  article  twenty-three-A  of  the
  correction  law,  may  refuse  to  issue  or  renew a permit required by
  section 16-130 of this chapter, or may, after notice and the opportunity
  to be heard, suspend or revoke such a permit when the applicant for such
  permit or such permittee has been denied a license required  by  section
  16-505 of this code to operate a business for the collection, removal or
  disposal of trade waste or has had such a license revoked for the reason
  that  such  applicant or licensee has been found to lack good character,
  honesty and integrity by the trade  waste  commission  pursuant  to  the
  provisions of title 16-A of this code.
    b.  The  commissioner,  consistent  with article twenty-three-A of the
  correction law, may refuse to issue to an applicant a permit required by
  section 16-130 of this chapter and may, after due notice and hearing, in
  addition to any other  penalties  provided  by  law,  refuse  to  renew,
  suspend  or  revoke  such  permit  upon  the  occurrence  of  any of the
  following conditions:
    1. the applicant or permittee has been convicted of a crime  which  in
  the judgment of the commissioner has a direct relationship to his or her
  fitness  or  ability to perform any of the activities for which a permit
  is required under section 16-130 of this chapter; or
    2. the applicant or  permittee  has  been  found  by  a  court  or  an
  administrative agency of competent jurisdiction to have violated:
    (A)  any  provision  of  section  16-117.1,  16-119, 16-120.1, 16-130,
  16-131, 16-131.2, 16-131.3 or 16-131.5 of this chapter; or
    (B) any provision of article one hundred fifty-seven of the  New  York
  city health code; or
    (C)  any other law or rule related to the conduct, operation or use of
  a dump, non-putrescible solid waste transfer station, putrescible  solid
  waste transfer station or fill material operation; or
    (D)  any  federal  or  state law prohibiting unfair trade practices or
  conduct in restraint of competition, including but not  limited  to  the
  Sherman  Anti-Trust Act (15 U.S.C. §1, §2), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. §
  18), the Robinson Patman Act (15 U.S.C. §12 et seq.), the Federal  Trade
  Commission  Act (15 U.S.C. §45 et seq.), and sections 340 et seq. of the
  general business law or an equivalent offense  under  the  laws  of  any
  other jurisdiction; or
    3. the commissioner has determined, after consideration of the results
  of  an  investigation  conducted  pursuant  to  this  section,  that the
  applicant or permittee has operated the business for which a  permit  is
  required by section 16-130 of this chapter in a manner inconsistent with
  the  provisions  of  the  federal or state laws prohibiting unfair trade
  practices  or  conduct  in  restraint  of  competition  set   forth   in
  subparagraph (D) of paragraph two of this subdivision; or
    4.  the  applicant  or permittee has violated or failed to comply with
  any of the conditions for issuance of such permit as  provided  in  this
  chapter or any of the rules promulgated hereunder.
    c.  Where the commissioner or the New York city trade waste commission
  has reasonable cause to believe that a permittee or an applicant  for  a
  permit  required by section 16-130 of this code may lack good character,
  honesty and integrity, such applicant or permittee shall, in addition to
  providing the information required by the rules promulgated pursuant  to

  paragraph  two  of  subdivision  a  of section 16-131 of this code, also
  comply with the fingerprinting and disclosure requirements set forth  in
  subdivision  b  of  section  16-508 of this code and pay the fee for the
  investigation  thereof set forth in the rules of the New York city trade
  waste commission. The  commissioner  may,  after  consideration  of  the
  results  of  such  investigation,  refuse  for  the reasons set forth in
  section 16-509 of this code to issue a permit required by section 16-130
  of this chapter and, after notice  and  opportunity  to  be  heard,  may
  revoke  or  suspend any such permit upon a finding that the applicant or
  the permittee lacks good character, honesty and integrity.
    d. For the purposes of this section, "applicant" or "permittee"  shall
  mean  the  business  of  the  applicant  or  permittee and any principal
  thereof, as the term "principal" is defined in section  16-501  of  this
  code.
    e.  The  New  York  city  trade  waste commission or the department of
  investigation may, at  the  request  of  the  commissioner,  assist  the
  commissioner in any investigation conducted pursuant to this section.