Cheers!
A business coalition is launching a campaign to loosen nearly century-old Prohibition-era state laws that make it harder to sell booze in New York.
The “Cheers for Change” push is being propelled by the Business Council of New York State, liquor merchants, bars and restaurants and hospitality leaders.
Under the proposal, New York would:
- Relax its 200-Foot Law, which can block merchants selling alcohol from opening near a school or house of worship.
- Eliminate or loosen its 500-Foot Law, which makes it harder for restaurants, bars and clubs to open near each other even in commercial districts.
- Allow more retailers to peddle booze.
- Let licensees own more than one liquor store.
- Revise “tied-house restrictions” to allow applicants with minor or passive interests in one tier of the industry to be licensed in another tier where there is no realistic threat of anti-competitive behavior.
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