§ 16. Disqualification of members and employees of authority. No
member of the authority or any officer, deputy, assistant, inspector or
employee thereof shall have any interest, direct or indirect, either
proprietary or by means of any loan, mortgage or lien, or in any other
manner, in or on any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured
or sold; nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any
business wholly or partially devoted to the manufacture, sale,
transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or own any stock in
any corporation which has any interest, proprietary or otherwise, direct
or indirect, in any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured
or sold, or in any business wholly or partially devoted to the
manufacture, sale, transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or
receive any commission or profit whatsoever, direct or indirect, from
any person applying for or receiving any license or permit provided for
in this chapter, or hold any other public office in the state or in any
political subdivision except upon the written permission of the liquor
authority, such member of the authority or officer, deputy, assistant,
inspector or employee thereof may hold the public office of notary
public or member of a community board of education in the city school
district of the city of New York. Any one who violates any of the
provisions of this section shall be removed.