Food containing alcohol is under the purview of the Department of Agriculture and Markets. You will need to comply with all of their rules and regulat...
Do You Need A Liquor License To Offer Wine Education Classes?
A business offering wine education classes does not hold any license relating to alcoholic beverages. The classes that it conducts for a fee require t...
How long will it take to get my New York liquor license?
Based on statistics from the most recent calendar year (2013), the average number of days for the Liquor Authority’s Licensing Board to approve a ne...
Finger Lakes Women’s Bar Association, Ithaca, NY – Nuts and Bolts of Liquor Licenses in Common Transactions
There are some 30,000 liquor licenses in New York. It is not unusual for attorneys in almost every area of the law to be involved in matters involvi...
CASE STUDY
A client with three felony and several misdemeanor convictions wanted to apply for a liquor license. The business was a strip club, making the situa...
Liquor Authority’s New Position on New Year’s All Night Permits
The Licensing Board has clarified its position on all night permits for New Year’s Eve. If the municipality or community board has restricted hour...
The 8-Mile Rule for Hotel Off-premises Permits and Advisory #2013-7 – Measurements taken a vastly different way than a 200 or 500 Foot Measurement
We usually think of hotel liquor licenses as on premise licenses where the purchaser consumes the alcoholic beverage on-site at the hotel bar or resta...
Most Common New York Liquor License Violations
Do you know the most common violations of the New York Alcohol Beverage Control Law (also known as the Liquor Law)? Sale to Minor (under 21 years old)...
Solving the Mystery of the Full Liquor Board
Some liquor license applications must be considered by the Full Board at a public meeting. This can add weeks or months to the process of acquiring ...
New York State Liquor Authority
Any time that alcoholic beverages are legally dispersed to individuals within the bounds of New York State, a permit or license must first be obtained...