2019 New York Laws
ABC - Alcoholic Beverage Control
Article 7 - Special Permits
97-B - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages at the New York State Fair.

§ 97-b. Sale of alcoholic beverages at the New York state fair. 1. For
purposes  of  this  section,  the New York state fair and New York state
fairgrounds shall have the same meaning and purpose as in article  two-a
of the agriculture and markets law.
  2.  In  addition to any license issued pursuant to section fifty-five,
sixty-four,  sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-c,  sixty-four-d,  eighty-one  or
eighty-one-a  of  this  chapter for a premises located upon the New York
state fairgrounds, the liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue  a
temporary  permit  to the holder of a concessionaire's license issued by
the division of the New York state fair in the department of agriculture
and markets.
  3. (a) Such permit shall allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages  by
the  permit  holder  for  consumption upon the premises known as the New
York state fairgrounds during the annual New York  state  fair  for  the
calendar year such permit is issued.

(b) Such a permit shall also allow the holder thereof to store alcoholic beverages upon the New York state fairgrounds, in areas designated by the concessionaire's license, during the seven days immediately preceding and the seven days immediately following the state fair for which the permit has been issued.

(c) Such permit holder must display its permit at all locations as authorized by the concessionaire's license and the authority. 4. The holder of an on-premises license issued for a premises located upon the New York state fairgrounds may exercise the privileges of a permit issued under this section without the need to obtain such permit. Provided, however, that the licensee may only sell such alcoholic beverages as may be sold under the terms of its license. 5. The holder of a manufacturing license issued pursuant to section thirty-one, fifty-one, fifty-one-a, fifty-eight, fifty-eight-c, seventy-six or seventy-six-a of this chapter or subdivision two-c of section sixty-one of this chapter may exercise the privileges of a permit issued under this section without need to obtain such permit. Provided, however, that the licensee: (a) holds a concessionaire's license issued by the division of the New York state fair in the department of agriculture and markets; and (b) may only sell such alcoholic beverages as may be sold for on-premises consumption at its licensed premises under the terms of its license. 6. The exercise of the privileges of a permit under this section shall be subject to: (a) such rules of the liquor authority as it deems necessary; and (b) the provisions of a concessionaire's agreement between the permit holder or licensee and the division of the New York state fair in the department of agriculture and markets. 7. The fee for such permit shall be two hundred sixty dollars.

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