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Cabaret Law

Overdue: Albany Common Council Overhauls Cabaret License

Pete Mason Nov 7, 2025

On the heels of the announced closing of Larkin Hifi, and vocal criticism of the policy, the Albany Common Council on Monday night overhauled the city's cabaret license process. The Prohibition Era cabaret licenses were typically…

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A Prohibition Era NYC Law Close to Repeal

Mike Kohli Oct 31, 2017

A Prohibition Era law designed to put the clamps on NYC nightlife has support for a repeal, according to Brooklyn councilman Rafael Espinal. Espinal introduced a bill that will be taken under consideration Tuesday to repeal the near…

Albany Bar Owners Protest Cabaret Law

Tabitha Clancy Aug 23, 2012

“Music anytime should never be a crime,” chanted Albany bar owners, musicians, and DJ’s Monday evening as they protested the Cabaret Law. The protesters marched through the streetscape beginning at Townsend Park and filed into Albany City…