On May 30, 2007, less than two months after obtaining their liquor license, MONJU was the subject of an unannounced inspection conducted by several NYC agencies including the SLA. The inspection revealed that the establishment did not conform to the diagram submitted with its original liquor license application. MONJU admitted to having expanded the premises [...]
Although the SLA has the discretionary power to deny an application “for good cause shown” [ABC Law 64(1)], such power may not cross the line into speculation and conjecture. In one case, the SLA denied an establishment, Mickey Rats, a liquor license due to its concern that the sole officer and stockholder was not the [...]
