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ALBANY (TNS) — Small distillers across the state are celebrating passage this month of a long-awaited measure that, if signed into law by the governor, would allow them to ship

New York wine and liquor stores are struggling as their customers dry out from the boozy days of the pandemic -- and a pair of state lawmakers has concocted a potentially controversial remedy for the hangover.

State lawmakers are pushing a measure that would let supermarkets sell wine. But liquor store owners say the move would put many out of business.

As lawmakers work through another legislative season, they bring with them the very real threat of passing new measures that would destroy independent-owned liquor stores and cripple New York wineries,

Liquor store owners in Brooklyn are concerned that a new bill, allowing supermarkets to gain a licence to sell wine, could threaten business.

The future of 600 independently owned liquor stores in Queens—and liquor stores across the state—could be in jeopardy if a senate bill that would permit

The future of independently owned liquor stores in Brooklyn — and across the state — could be in jeopardy if a senate bill that would permit supermarkets to

Prohibition-era laws require a trip to the liquor store. Those shops say they’re defending an intimate tradition

Despite a state commission’s recommendations, New York lawmakers seem unlikely to make substantive changes to a 1934 law that traces to Prohibition.

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