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On September 7, 2016 Governor Cuomo signed into law changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Effective immediately, on-premises licensees will be able to sell and serve alcoholic beverages starting at 10 AM on Sundays. Previously alcoholic beverages could not be served for on-premises consumption until Noon on Sundays. Other changes made by this legislation will go into effect in sixty days. Those changes include: a permit available outside of New York City to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption starting at 8 AM on Sundays; the creation of an importer’s license; and the elimination of solicitor permits for craft manufacturers.

Referenced: sla.ny.gov

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Message to Package store licensees Effective immediately, liquor stores licensed pursuant to ABCL Section 63 and Wine stores licensed pursuant to Section 79 for off premise consumption are converted to 7 day licenses. A seven day license means a license where the off premise retail license holder may remain open to the consumer all seven days of the week. The hours of operation permitted on Sunday are from noon to 9:00 pm. Notifications to the Liquor Authority regarding days of closure as required under the six day option law are no longer required.

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Legislation has been enacted which provides a procedure under which a restaurant licensee may permit a patron, following the patron’s consumption of a full course meal, to remove one partially consumed bottle of wine from the restaurant.

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The New York State Liquor Authority has received numerous inquiries with regard to Texas Hold ‘Em events in establishments licensed to sell alcoholic bevarages. In virtually every situation, the conduct of a Texas Hold ‘Em event in a licensed establishment will involve the licensee in the suffering or permitting of gambling. The suffering or permitting of gambling is a violation which may result in the revocation of the alcoholic bevarage license and/or the imposition of a bond forfeiture or a civil money penalty. Both off-premises licensees and on-premises licensees are forbidden to suffer or permit gambling on the licensed premise [ABCL 105(22), 106(6)].

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