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The New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) publishes all active liquor license records through the state’s Open Data portal, exposed as a SODA (Socrata Open Data) API at data.ny.gov. NexusFeed mirrors the SODA endpoint directly, which is faster and more reliable than scraping the SLA’s public-facing license lookup site. Data is updated daily by the state.

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State overview

FieldValue
State codeNY
AgencyNew York State Liquor Authority
SourceNY Open Data SODA API (data.ny.gov)
AuthenticationNone required
CAPTCHANone
Search supportedYes (dba_name, owner_name, city)
Lookup supportedYes
Extraction methodapi_mirror
Cache TTL24 hours
Active licenses only. The NY Open Data feed only exposes licenses that are currently active. Expired, suspended, and revoked licenses are not included. If you need to verify that a license has been revoked, this state will return 404 NOT_FOUND even though the record exists in the SLA’s internal systems.

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Search example

curl "https://api.nexusfeed.dev/v1/abc/search?state=NY&dba_name=SHAKE%20SHACK" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
The address parameter is interpreted as a city filter on the NY SODA API, not a street address.

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Lookup example

curl "https://api.nexusfeed.dev/v1/abc/license/1234567?state=NY" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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Example response

{
  "state": "NY",
  "query": {"dba_name": "SHAKE SHACK"},
  "total_results": 12,
  "results": [
    {
      "license_number": "1234567",
      "license_type_code": "OP",
      "dba_name": "SHAKE SHACK MADISON SQUARE",
      "owner_name": "SSE RESTAURANT HOLDINGS LLC",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "expiration_date": "2026-11-30",
      "address": "E 23RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10010",
      "county": "NEW YORK"
    }
  ],
  "_verifiability": {
    "source_timestamp": "2026-04-10T14:22:11Z",
    "extraction_confidence": 1.0,
    "raw_data_evidence_url": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/hrvs-fxs2.json?dba_name=SHAKE%20SHACK",
    "extraction_method": "api_mirror",
    "data_freshness_ttl_seconds": 86400
  }
}

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New York license class codes (most common)

CodeClass
OPOn-Premises Liquor License
RWRestaurant Wine License
RBRestaurant Beer License
AAll-Alcohol Tavern License
WOff-Premises Wine License
LLiquor Store License

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Use cases

  • Verifying a New York City, Long Island, or upstate bar or restaurant has an active SLA license before entering a distributor agreement.
  • Pulling all currently-active licenses for a brand name (e.g. chain restaurants) for compliance monitoring.
  • Building a New York liquor license watchlist filtered by city, county, or license class.
  • Cross-referencing holder names during due diligence.