New York State Team
ALBANY - Carry-out alcohol sales became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic as New Yorkers craving mixed drinks were able to still enjoy them with their take-out meals.
Now state leaders face a question: Should it be a permanent law?
With just days left in the legislative session at the state Capitol, restaurants are urging the Legislature to put take-out alcohol from restaurants on the books.
Currently, the sales are allowed through monthly extensions of an executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The latest one runs through July 4, and it s unclear whether it would be extended thereafter.
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ALBANY - The state Senate on Wednesday passed a series of new gun-control laws, the latest in a decade-long bid to have more stringent gun laws in New York.
The package of bills comes as lawmakers plan to end the legislative session for the year next week. With the bills passed in the Senate, it will then be up to the Democrat-controlled Assembly to do the same and then send the measures to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for approval.
“We must do everything we can to eliminate the scourge of violence that has cut too many lives short and devastated too many families, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, said in a statement.