by David Gabay | May 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
The New York State Liquor Authority receives and processes tens of thousands of applications each year. The vast majority of them are routine license renewals, and a good deal of the rest are also very simple single event or smaller type permits. But even so, the...
by | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
On May 15, 2024, I went to a Full Board meeting of the New York State Liquor Authority for a hearing on one of my client’s applications to open a liquor store. Before the meeting started the Chair of the Liquor Authority, Lily Fan, made a few announcements. One of...
by David Gabay | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know that the Liquor Authority has now authorized a new license for caters who do not own their own retail food service premises? It allows them to cater events and serve alcohol from their own non-retail location on essentially the same terms as an...
by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Keeping your license information up do date and accurate is key to your relationship with the Liquor Authority. Failing to do so can result in a world of pain-business and financial. Here is a list of the most common times when you need to update your information. If...
by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
I got an email today from a client who is buying a restaurant. He asked me a question I hear very often: can he let ‘use’ the seller’s liquor license until he gets his own? The seller told him he could do it, and that it would speed up the closing a...
by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lately, I’ve been spending more time than usual sitting or waiting or daydreaming at the Liquor Authority’s full Board meetings while representing clients at their liquor license approval/disapproval hearings. It occurred to me that you or your clients...
