Gam Wah Restaurant, Inc. v. Ring

In 1955 Harry Mock founded the Gam Wah Restaurant, Inc. (Gam Wah) in Westbury, New York, and its restaurant liquor license was issued December, 1956. Until 1966, the license was annually renewed.

In May, 1964 Mock was indicted by the Nassau County Grand Jury on charges of vagrancy (Code Grim. Pro., § 887), solicitation for immoral purposes (Penal Law, § 1148), and suffering and permitting premises to become disorderly (Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, § 106, subd. 6). In July of that year, the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) brought proceedings to revoke Gam Wah’s license, charging that…