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Create a Retail Compliance Check List

Every retail on or off premise licensee should develop a compliance checklist and review it often and add to it from time to time.  Below is an outline of some of the points that should be included. Check to see if your license and the mandatory signs are properly posted and are visible to your […]

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Alternating Proprietorship Vs Contract Manufacturing

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) and the New York State Liquor Authority each allow manufacturers to share their licensed facilities with other manufacturers. Manufacturers who share the same facilities are known as alternating proprietors.  Each of the proprietors must have its own TTB permit and state license.  Small producers are entitled […]

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How We Got Here

Governor Hochul and the New York Legislature empaneled the NYSLA Commission to Study the Reform of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

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Commission

As part of the fiscal year 2023 New York State Budget, the legislators and Governor Hochul created the Commission to Study Reform of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law” (the “Commission”).