La Trieste Restaurant & Cabaret, Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority

*173Although petitioner’s premises are physically located within the Second Department, which has declared valid State Liquor Authority rule 36.1 (s) (9 NYCRR 53.1 [s]) prohibiting licensees from suffering or permitting female entertainers to expose a portion of the breast below the top of the areola, or a simulation thereof, within six feet of patrons, the "six-foot rule” (see, Matter of Vanda Hodge Pub v New York State Liq. Auth., 215 AD2d 35), this proceeding was properly commenced in this Department, which has declared the six-foot rule null and void for want of statutory authority to…