Harwood v. New York State Liquor Authority

Determination unanimously annulled, with costs and matter remitted to the State Liquor Authority for further proceedings in accordance with the memorandum. Memorandum: The State Liquor Authority denied the appellants’ application for a restaurant wine license on the ground that “the premises sought to be licensed are not operated as a bona fide restaurant as required by law in that food sales are low”. There is no question of the good faith of the appellants or of the fact that the premises had been used exclusively as a restaurant for over five years prior to the application. Appellants have…