Kellner to SLA: Revoke Saloon’s Liquor License
March 2, 2010
While city life is never perfectly peaceful, New Yorkers have a right to expect that their local businesses will be respectful neighbors. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. My office has received numerous complaints from Yorkville residents about Saloon, a bar and nightclub on York Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets, including reports of fights, destruction of private property, public urination, and noise created by the club’s patrons. As a result of these complaints, and the consistent failure of Saloon’s owners to address them, I have been working with the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) in an effort to revoke the establishment’s liquor license.
When Saloon recently changed ownership, Community Board 8 made approval of the new owners’ liquor license contingent on their agreement to acknowledge and resolve these problems. However, in a letter Saloon sent to the Community Board, the owner arrogantly tried to brush the complaints aside as insignificant, referring to them only as “alleged” issues, and offered no concrete commitment to working with the community. As a result, the Community Board voted to deny the bar’s liquor license application.
Today, I along with Senator Liz Krueger and Council Member Jessica Lappin, called upon the SLA to respect the wishes of the community and deny the liquor license application. Saloon has proven itself unable—and unwilling—to be a good neighbor, and there is no reason why the residents of Yorkville should have to continue suffering.
3-2-10 Letter to SLA Re CB8 Saloon Vote
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