The action of the department of state in granting or refusing to grant or to renew a license under this article or in revoking or suspending such a license or imposing any fine or reprimand on the holder thereof or refusing to revoke or suspend such a license or impose any fine or reprimand shall be subject to review by a proceeding brought under and pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules at the instance of the applicant for such license, the holder of a license so revoked, suspended, fined or reprimanded or the person aggrieved.
New York Legal Code