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Beloved Staten Island tavern loses liquor license days after suing over restaurant ban

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mountaineer:
Beloved Staten Island tavern loses liquor license days after suing over restaurant ban
By Dean Balsamini
Sept. 19, 2020
New York Post
--- Quote ---Something smells rotten on Staten Island — and it’s not the old dump.

Residents believe the stench is coming from Albany.

The borough’s beloved Joyce’s Tavern — which has a heavy FDNY constituency — lost its liquor license following a “surprise, random” visit during a 9/11 fundraiser on Sept. 11 by State Liquor Authority (SLA) inspectors.

The Irish pub’s supporters say the raid was a political hit job, and that a new videotape will soon prove the bar and grill did nothing wrong — and could exonerate it as soon as this coming week.

Tavern backers believe the ill-timed raid was retaliation by Gov. Cuomo for a lawsuit filed just days earlier against him, as well as the city and Mayor de Blasio, by Joyce’s and other crippled Island restaurants demanding they be allowed to reopen. ...
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Gefn:
boy oh boy, liquor licenses cost a fortune. Let em drink!


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