Section 116 - Renewal of licenses of members of armed forces1.As used in this section the following terms shall mean and include:a."Military service." Service as a member of the armed forces of the United States.b."Licensee." The holder of a license.c."License." An original certificate or other document first issued to a licensee entitling him to practice the profession or engage in the business, work or activity specified therein.d."Renewal license." Any renewal or reissuance of a license or any certificate of annual or periodic registration or re-registration of a licensee required by or pursuant to law to permit him lawfully to continue to practice the profession or engage in the business, work or activity specified in the license.e."Expired." Normal expiration, or annulment, suspension or revocation solely because of failure of a licensee to apply for a renewal license within the time prescribed therefor.2.Any person who was in military service on or after June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred fifty, or who thereafter shall have entered military service, and who at the time of entry into such service is a licensee, may, within three months after the termination of such military service by honorable discharge or by release from such service under honorable circumstances, apply for and be entitled to a renewal license without any examination, re-examination, fine or penalty which would not have been required or imposed if timely application for such renewal license had been made. The officer, board or department empowered by law to issue such renewal license is hereby authorized to issue the same without examination, re-examination or the exaction of any fine or penalty. The issuance of such renewal license shall in all other respects be subject to the provisions of law relating thereto.3.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license to drive, issued pursuant to the provisions of article nineteen of the vehicle and traffic law, which would expire prior to either of the dates set forth in this subdivision, of any person who was in military service on or after June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred fifty, or who thereafter shall have entered military service, shall expire six months from either the expiration date of this act or the holder's separation from service, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, the commissioner of motor vehicles may refuse to renew the expired driver's license of any person who has failed to notify the commissioner of his entry into military service.N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 Law § 116