New York Laws
Article 7 - Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicles
155 - Issuance of a Permanent Permit.

(a) the applicant is fit, willing and able to provide the
transportation to be authorized by the permit and to comply with this
chapter and the regulations of the commissioner; and
(b) the proposed service is or will be consistent with the public
interest and the policy declared in section one hundred thirty-seven of
this chapter.
2. No permit issued under this article shall confer any proprietary or
property rights in the use of the highways.