BarFreeBedford v. New York State Liquor Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

Acosta, J.

At issue in this appeal is whether Supreme Court properly denied the CPLR article 78 petition to annul the State Liquor Authority’s conditional grant of a liquor license to Chumley’s 86 LLC. Chumley’s is located at 86 Bedford Street in the West Village of Manhattan. Petitioners are BarFreeBedford, a community association of residents who live near 86 Bedford Street, and 47 individual residents of the area. We affirm the denial of the petition since the record demonstrates that the State Liquor Authority’s determination has a rational basis and is not arbitrary…