tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post1394181361237120249..comments2023-12-18T23:37:53.203-08:00Comments on Save the Lower East Side!: Mixed results at CB3's Liquor Licensing committeerobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10114555618686460805noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-11416091105807169432008-11-26T20:41:00.000-08:002008-11-26T20:41:00.000-08:00Thanks for this fabulous site and hese great updat...Thanks for this fabulous site and hese great updates. I am rarely able to attend CB meetings but would like to have had a voice in the Liquor Licensing meetings. Is there another way to make my community opposition known to them?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095517917940125598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-10947615457887332562008-11-18T12:21:00.000-08:002008-11-18T12:21:00.000-08:00the cb 3 agenda also list the liquor license appli...the cb 3 agenda also list the liquor license applicants. check their websiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-89307514620155464112008-11-18T12:20:00.000-08:002008-11-18T12:20:00.000-08:00you should definitely attend manhattan community b...you should definitely attend manhattan community board 3 SLA committee meetings.<BR/><BR/>check their website for their calendar. you can also make complaints on their website, though you should first be calling 311 to make complaints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-71373850483191535292008-11-11T19:40:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:40:00.000-08:00Their calendar/agenda for the immediately upcoming...Their calendar/agenda for the immediately upcoming meetings should be accurate. You can call the office of their executive director. That office has been helpful in the past, although the Ex Dir himself just left. <BR/><BR/>The SLA holds special hearings for hard liquor applications in saturated areas -- the "500-foot" hearings (triggered if the applicant's location is within 500 feet of three other hard liquor licenses).<BR/><BR/>These are held at 125th Street & Lenox Ave., usually around 11am. <BR/><BR/>Beer/wine licenses come up at full SLA meetings. If there has not been a 500-foot hearing, residents may testify at the full SLA meeting.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464179798705084025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-68494724789140619052008-11-11T15:59:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:59:00.000-08:00How can we find out when the licenses are up for d...How can we find out when the licenses are up for discussion with the SLA? Is it the same process, we have to go to those meetings too? Where are they held? How do we find out?<BR/><BR/>I've gone to their website and it is either woefully out of date or poorly organized because I can never find anything I'm looking for on it.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-46272398002805155362008-11-11T15:27:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:27:00.000-08:00The SLA used to override the CB regularly. The CB'...The SLA used to override the CB regularly. The CB's role is advisory. This is one of the great dangers in organizing against a liquor license. People think they've won at the CB level and fail to follow up at the SLA where the license is awarded. <BR/><BR/>The SLA is compelled to approve any beer/wine license that meets the standard of the law. They can look for inconsistencies in the application, but if everything is in order, they will approve. <BR/><BR/>Hard liquor licenses are a different story. The applicant is required to demonstrate "public benefit" of the license. No one knows what "public benefit" means, but it is interpreted to be inconsistent with public detriment, so if residents can demonstrate harm, the SLA is empowered to deny the application. <BR/><BR/>In the case of a hard liquor license application (called op=on premises), the community and the Community Board are mentioned in the law as part of the process. But final determination rests in the hands of the three SLA commissioners.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464179798705084025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35127482.post-90732345155274615672008-11-11T12:37:00.000-08:002008-11-11T12:37:00.000-08:00So it seems that the CB is listening to it's const...So it seems that the CB is listening to it's constituents, and it seems that some people are speaking up. The more power people discover they have, the more likely they are to use it. This is all good!<BR/><BR/>However, one thing that bothers me is the idea that the SLA can override the CB. Is this true? Can someone who is denied at the CB level later be approved by the SLA?<BR/><BR/>Do you have any information on how often the SLA overrides a CB denial for a license?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com