A restaurateur invested $1.5 Million dollars to buy and renovate a mixed use property in a trendy and wealthy historic neighborhood in Albany, New Yor...
Preparing a 500 Foot Hearing Statement
You just received a notice that you have to attend a 500 foot hearing. What is a 500 foot hearing anyway? In our previous article, we discussed some o...
New York State Liquor Authority Takes Steps to Reduce Delays and Backlogs
Over the past year, the Licensing Board of the State Liquor Authority has taken steps to reduce the backlog in processing liquor license applications....
An Untraditional Path for a New York Brewery: Foreign Investors
Looking for capital to launch or expand your brewery? Don’t limit yourself to traditional funding resources. Learn from New York Brewery Ommegan...
Changes to Retail Applications
Effective immediately, the New York State Liquor Authority has reduced the required information on residence and employment history in the Personal Qu...
500 Foot Rule Hearings
Looking for a checklist of factors that help or hurt on-premises liquor license applications for bars, restaurants and clubs? While this list is not...
Tastings and Bottle Sales for Brewers, Distillers, Wineries in NYS
*As a winery proprietor, you may transfer wine, tax-free, to a bonded tasting area for use in wine tastings. You must record the quantity of wine tran...
3 ways restaurants can offset effects of NYS minimum wage increase
The Governor has proposed to raise New York’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75, a 17% increase of $1.50 per hour. If labor costs average one-third o...
Relocating a Business with a New York Liquor License
Is your lease expiring? Buying a new building? Expanding to a large location? If your business has a New York liquor license, you will have to apply i...
Citizenship Requirements for NYS Alcohol License Applicants
Often the ownership of stock of the corporation by non-citizens is a bar to approval of an application for a liquor license. The Alcoholic Beverage Co...