Current SLA Pending Licenses: New York State Alcohol Permit Applications

Pending liquor license applications in New York State are tracked with detailed business and location data. The dataset includes the applicant's legal name, trade name, premises address, and the date the application was received. Columns suggest it supports analysis of application types, statuses, and geographic distribution across counties.

Use Cases

• [Mapping application density] using [Georeference], [Premises County], [City]
• [Analyzing application processing timelines] using [Received Date], [Status], [Application ID]
• [Profiling applicant business types] using [LegalName], [DBA], [Class], [Type]
• [Assessing regional licensing trends] using [Counties], [NYS Municipal Boundaries], [Zip Code] (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov suggests it is a maintained and important public dataset.
• Contains specific geospatial columns ([Georeference], [NYS Municipal Boundaries]) for location-based analysis.
• Includes detailed business identifiers ([LegalName], [DBA], [Application ID]) for entity tracking.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Key metadata like row count, license, and author is consistently missing or listed as 'unknown' across all sources.
• The 'last updated' dates conflict between sources (2026-04-04 and 2026-04-11), indicating potential synchronization issues.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov (New York State organization)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from applications submitted to the New York State Liquor Authority.

Freshness

Last updated dates range from 2026-04-04 to 2026-04-11, suggesting regular updates.

Geography

New York State, United States