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Message: <blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 941964" data-attributes="member: 29553">[h=2]History[/h] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blue laws have been in effect in New York since the colonial days of the 17th century. The early laws forbade playing, working, exercise, and drinking in public on Sundays. Violators could be slapped in the <a href="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/#" target="_blank">stocks</a> for three hours. In the early 18th and 19th centuries, both the sale of alcoholic drinks and the playing of professional and amateur baseball were illegal on Sunday. State legislators began to try and pass legislation to allow professional baseball games on Sundays in 1907, but it took them 12 years to succeed. In 1919 baseball was allowed on Sunday, but the sale of alcoholic drinks still was not. This Sunday closing law was replaced in 1920 by the 18th Amendment, a national prohibition law that forbade all alcohol sales. After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, a new ban was passed on the sale of alcohol on Sunday in New York. </li> </ul> [h=2]2003 Revisions[/h] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In 2003, the New York legislature allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday for the first time. The new law did not allow grocery stores to sell wine on Sunday but did allow them to sell beer after noon. A business that sold alcohol on Sunday was also required to choose another day to close, so the Sunday closing law was changed to a one-day-a-week closing law. The day of closure was part of the licensing agreement with the state. </li> </ul> [h=2]2006 Revisions[/h] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In 2006, the New York legislature liberalized the law on the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverage, allowing businesses to sell beer beginning at 8 a.m. instead of waiting until noon. This was intended for the <a href="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/#" target="_blank">convenience</a> of consumers who have activities planned for the day. </li> </ul> [h=2]County Regulations[/h] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In New York State, the counties have the right to enact more strict regulation on the sale of alcohol. Some counties have more limited hours than the state allows. </li> </ul> Read more: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/list_6133228_new-york-state-blue-laws.html#ixzz1mm2TpJ4g" target="_blank">New York State Blue Laws | eHow.com</a> <a href="http://www.ehow.com/list_6133228_new-york-state-blue-laws.html#ixzz1mm2TpJ4g" target="_blank">New York State Blue Laws | eHow.com</a></blockquote>

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