New York weighs ending post-Prohibition law, potentially making state’s dry towns a thing of the past [Video]

A post-Prohibition law allowing some New York towns to keep their bans on alcohol sales could soon be a policy of the past, depending on the outcome of a bill moving through the state legislature.

Assembly bill A9071 would prohibit local communities from enacting any policy that bans the sale of alcohol within the entire municipality, effectively reversing existing total bans that some businesses say hinder their popularity.

“This ain’t the Prohibition era any longer. We live in New York in 2024, and this thing is kind of silly,” state Sen. James Skoufis said, per a local report.

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Skoufis, a Democrat sponsoring the bill, chairs a committee that state alcohol laws commonly pass through, the outlet explained.

On the opposite side of the aisle, Republican Sen. George Borrello insisted Democrats are focusing on “meaningless issues,” and are avoiding more pressing topics …