NY: Group wants liquor authority to stop issuing licenses, says the city has too many bars
By Cristian Benavides
August 16, 2018
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens – Long Island City has become one of New York City’s hottest neighborhoods.
The impending shutdown of the L train causing a mass exodus in Williamsburg has the Queens neighborhood becoming more popular by the day.
For some residents, those growing pains come with some huge headaches because a lot of those new businesses opening up – are bars.
A coalition of New Yorkers is now trying to stop the State Liquor Authority from issuing new licenses based on an old 1993 law. It prohibits a licensed establishment from being within 500 feet of three other ones.
In a statement to the New York Times, who first broke the story, the state’s liquor authority said it “takes a balanced approach in our review process, weighing the merits of the individual application.”