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Displaying 8 Finding Aids
Title
- Questionnaire and interview files
Series Number
- 10990
Summary
- 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, trade associations, officials, manufacturers, police, sociologists, and economists. The questionnaires provide name and address of individual, firm, or organization; type of business; and type of license for application is made. 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
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.
Title
- Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B1310
Summary
- This series documents the staffing and general administration of the commission's investigation, reflecting its study of charges of favoritism and corruption in the State Liquor Authority's enforcement of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Records include correspondence, subject files, recommendations, memorandums, data, reports, proposed legislation, and statements relating to the commission's investigation.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to permission of Governor's office.
Title
- Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law investigation files
Series Number
- B1311
Summary
- The commission compiled these files to track its investigation of violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law by liquor licensees, their employees, and others. Many of the copies of documents and data in these files were gathered from files of the State Liquor Authority. They include forms, summary reports, and investigation case files of licensees, and applications.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.
- Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.
- Personal background information on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.
Title
- Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law transcripts of public hearings
Series Number
- B1305
Summary
- This series consists mainly of transcripts of testimony taken by the commission at public hearings in New York City, Buffalo, and Albany. Witnesses included State Liquor Authority officials; other state officials; local Alcoholic Beverage Control board officials; alcoholic beverage control officials from other states; trade association representatives; liquor retailers; restaurant and bar owners; economists; sociologists; and clergy.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law press clippings
Series Number
- B1307
Summary
- This series consists of news articles and editorials collected by the commission to monitor liquor related problems and issues and to track the progress of its investigation. The series also contains a small number of press releases of other organizations commenting on the commission's work, and transcripts of radio and television news and editorial programs regarding the commission's work and recommendations.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcripts of public hearings of the Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Series Number
- B1308
Summary
- The commission conferred with members of the Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and studied transcripts of its public hearings to gather information and opinions on needed legislative reforms. This series consists of the Joint Legislative Committee's hearing transcripts. The Joint Legislative Committee, established in 1960, conducted these hearings as part of its charge to study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and the rules and regulations of the State Liquor Authority. Most hearings focused on the advisability of raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law background files on alcoholic beverage regulation in other states
Series Number
- B1309
Summary
- This series consists of printed materials on alcoholic beverage control solicited from all forty-nine other states. The commission used these materials to assist in developing recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes in alcoholic beverage control administration in New York State. Files for each state typically contain annual reports of the alcoholic beverage control agency; laws, rules, and regulations regarding alcoholic beverage control administration; trade journals; and price lists and price policy information.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law press release files
Series Number
- B1306
Summary
- This series consists of press releases issued by the commission to publicize its activities and gain public support for its findings, recommendations, and legislative proposals. Most of the press releases summarize the commission's findings and proposals concerning such issues as elimination of price fixing of retail liquor prices by distillers; creation of tavern type liquor licenses for bars and grills with no requirement for serving food; and permitting open competition in the number, location, and type of liquor stores.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.