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New York State Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Questionnaire and Interview Files

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Overview of the Records

Arrangement

Arranged by topic or type of record (e.g. transcripts of interviews, police department questionnaires), then alphabetical by name of person, firm, organization, or geographic location.

Scope and Content Note

The commission compiled these records in the process of gathering opinions and comments on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law from interested parties.

The series includes questionnaires completed by and transcripts of interviews with: licensees; liquor trade association representatives (e.g. hotel associations, liquor wholesalers' associations, package store associations); State Liquor Authority officials; liquor manufacturers and distributors; local Alcoholic Beverage Control Board officials; police department officials; and field experts such as sociologists and economists.

The questionnaires provide: name and address of individual, firm, or organization; type of business; type of license applied for, if granted or denied, and date; specific complaints about present Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; and whether respondent requests an interview with the Commission.

For some individuals interviewed by the Commission, there are also interview sheets with more specific questions; interviewees' responses were written on these sheets by commission staff conducting the interviews.

The series also contains: petitions signed by liquor store owners urging that the Commission not recommend lifting limits on the number of licenses allowed or removing price controls; lists of trade associations; and lists of interviewees.

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Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.

Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.

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