Sentences with phrase «sunday alcohol sales»

Last year Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke proposed the «Mimosa Resolution,» which called for making Sunday alcohol sales the same as any other day of the week.

A day after lawmakers got a deal on the so - called «brunch bill,» extending Sunday alcohol sales, LG Kathy Hochul is scheduled to appear in Saratoga Springs to announce the state's effort to curb underage drinking at summer concert venues.

But Schimminger blocked a bill pushed by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (D - Rochester) that would allow Sunday alcohol sales at restaurants to begin at 8 a.m. — a measure that mirrors one introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas O'Mara (R - Elmira).

Today, Burke submitted the «Mimosa Resolution,» which would call for making Sunday alcohol sales the same as any other day of the week.

The only thing standing between thirsty New Yorkers and a Sunday morning bloody mary or mimosa is an upstate killjoy who is making a last - ditch effort to stop a bill allowing Sunday alcohol sales before noon.

You'd really be shocked if you cam to Georgia... they only recently allowed Sunday alcohol sales and even now you have to wait until 1230 pm to buy it.

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or where they allow non-packaged liquor sales in restaurants only... And then among those that sell alcohol, only very few allow Sunday sales; granted, those few cover most of the state's population (e.g. Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, etc..)

Cuomo last month proposed sweeping away the last of the state's so - called Blue Laws governing alcohol sales — including the Sunday ban, which was enacted in 1934.

«It is my considered view that an incremental relaxing of the restriction on Sunday sales of alcohol to 11 a.m. allows for the state to ascertain if there are any ill effects to allowing the availability of alcohol at an earlier time on Sundays,» said Schimminger, a Democrat whose district covers the Buffalo region.

Saying that the prohibition on the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays is a government overreach.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, who represents the Rochester area, supports the 10 AM alcohol sales on Sundays.

Pursuant to article 8, section 106.5 A of New York State's Alcoholic Beverage Control Law it is illegal to sell alcohol prior to noon on Sunday, unlike Monday through Saturday, when sales are allowed after 8 am.

Lawmakers did act on issues of gambling and booze — legalizing fantasy - sports sites and lifting the blue law that banned alcohol sales before noon on Sundays.

He said he believes it is unfair that the so - called blue laws dictating alcohol sales on Sunday was geared primarily toward the Christian faith, noting that the Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday.

A bill to allow alcohol sales in movie theaters passed the state Senate, but was blocked by Buffalo Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, who also tried (unsuccessfully) to prevent the legalization of boozy Sunday morning brunches.

This year's annual Ball State University survey of Hoosier attitudes shows solid support for Sunday retail alcohol sales, a hate crimes statute and repealing and...

And permitting the sale of alcohol between 8 am and noon on Sunday.

Pending the governor's approval, New York State will have tougher anti-heroin laws, a new requirement to test for lead in schools» water, alcohol sales at Sunday morning brunches will be allowed, and online daily fantasy sports will be permitted.

The Erie County Legislature's resolution encourages the state to repeal the statute, thus allowing for the sale of alcohol at 8 a.m. on Sundays.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo, Chairman of the Finance and Management Committee, announces that his committee voted today to approve a resolution that urges the New York State Assembly, Senate and Governor to remove the current statute that bans the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays.

MAYVILLE - An effort to change the state law to allow for the sale of alcohol at restaurants before noon on Sunday will not have the support of the Chautauqua County Legislature.

Lanza said he supports allowing the sale of alcohol at 11 a.m. on Sunday, and has supported a bill to do so.

The next thing you know they will figure out Sunday retail alcohol sales.

The current law forbids sale of alcohol before noon on Sunday.

Sunday retail alcohol sales, workforce development, fighting opioids, reforming civil forfeiture laws and increasing funding for schools are all part of the the Indiana Senate Republican legislative agenda for 2018.