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Community board committee opposes ‘grab-and-go’ alcohol takeout, recommends delivery tied to food; procedural vote sends bill back to committee
Summary
CB2's State Liquor Authority committee debated a state bill to expand alcohol takeout/delivery. The committee recommended limiting off-site alcohol tied to food and opposed unregulated grab-and-go takeout; members voted to send the issue back to committee for revisions (procedural vote 38–3–1).
Manhattan Community Board 2’s State Liquor Authority (SLA) licensing committee spent more than an hour debating a proposed state bill to permit broader off-site alcohol sales by restaurants and bars, producing a cautious, conditional recommendation and a subsequent procedural vote to refer the matter back to committee.
Why it matters: the legislation under discussion would change long-standing state rules about alcohol sold from on-premise establishments. Committee members said the bill, as originally drafted, risked encouraging street drinking and enforcement gaps, and could…
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