Governor Paterson should rescind his proposal to allow wine sales in over 19,000 new outlets including gas stations and grocery stores.
During the public forum I sponsored with the new chairman of the New York State Liquor Authority this past November, numerous business owners spoke of what a threat increased wine sales in grocery stores is to them and how it would certainly put them out of business. The amount of money brought in to the state through this proposal would not be nearly enough to offset the devastation that would occur to thousands of small business owners and their families.
In addition to the harm the proposal would have on small businesses, it would affect the ability of the Liquor Authority to adequately balance the needs of wine and liquor stores with the enforcement obligations the authority has to the state at large. There are currently only 38 inspectors regulating 70,000 license holders, a number which will increase exponentially if more licenses are given out to new wine sellers.
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