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Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-026 Order Primary source read

SLA news release, SLA Issues Emergency Suspensions for Western New York Bars (Swannie House, Buffalo; AJ's, Clarence)

SLA Issues Emergency Suspensions for Western New York Bars

New York State Liquor Authority · New York (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
New York (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · New York
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Summary (emergency) suspension of liquor licenses for violating the Governor's executive order
Issued
2020-04-07 Apr. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-04-07
End
Pending disciplinary proceedings (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Apr. 7, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • Swannie House Ltd., Buffalo
  • Toralti & Marfurt Restaurant Inc. (AJ's), Clarence
Functions reached
  • BA
  • DR
  • CB
Collection
State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL

Operative words

The New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) summarily suspended the liquor licenses of Swannie House Ltd.... and Toralti & Marfurt Restaurant Inc.... Both bars were found operating in violation of the Governor's Executive Order, which requires restaurants to cease on-premises service of food and alcoholic beverages to combat the spread of the coronavirus.... The bar was served with a closure order from the Erie County Health Department closing the premises immediately.

Enforcement

Summary suspension; Erie County Health Department closure orders

Notes

Shows the layered enforcement of the March 16, 2020 order: county health closure orders and State license suspensions.

Retrieval note

Release dated April 7, 2020 (file name carries 2020-08-05). brief sec. E wants the instrument's issue date); the slug date (2020-08-05) matches neither the release date (Apr. 7, 2020) nor the Wayback capture (Apr. 29, 2021); the file was not renamed.