Sunday Blue Law is DEAD

[Thomas]

NY State finally removed the Sunday Blue Law. Wine and Liquor retailers can now open 7 days a week.

Next year, the Liquor Authority is also dropping its restrictive billing cycle system (known by us as the distributor protection plan). In 2005, instead of being mandated to pay bills on a prescribe date, retailers will be allowed to pay net 30 days on invoice--just like evry other American business.

The two steps taken to loosen legislation seems to be setting up the state for wine in grocery stores, and that may be here within the next year.

Now, about that shipping legislation...