New York State Liquor Authority Inactive Licenses

Liquor Authority Inactive Licenses tracks over 20 attributes for businesses whose alcohol permits are no longer active in New York State. The dataset includes detailed location, legal entity, and license history information. Its presence on multiple government data platforms indicates its official status for regulatory and public oversight.

Use Cases

• Analyzing license expiration patterns using Expiration Date, Effective Date, and Premises County (inferred from domain, verify after download).
• Mapping inactive business locations using Georeference, Actual Address Of Premises, and City (inferred from domain, verify after download).
• Tracking corporate name changes for a single entity using LegalName, DBA, and Legacy_Serial_Number (inferred from domain, verify after download).
• Assessing license class distribution across municipalities using Class, Premises County, and City (inferred from domain, verify after download).

Strengths

• Contains a detailed schema with over 20 columns, including geospatial coordinates (Georeference) and multiple temporal fields (Original Issue Date, Last Issue Date, Expiration Date).
• Cross-platform presence on data.ny.gov and Data.gov signals its importance as an official public record.
• Includes both legal and operating names (LegalName, DBA) and precise location data (Actual Address Of Premises, Zip Code).

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license information is missing or conflicting across sources.
• The 'last updated' dates from the sources (2026-04-03 and 2026-04-11) are in the future, indicating potential data freshness or timestamp errors.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov (New York State government)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official state regulatory records.

Freshness

2026-04-11 (from Data.gov, but this date is in the future)

Geography

New York State, United States