Chris Churchill of the Times Union writes - “Gov. David Paterson’s renewed push to allow wine sales in grocery and convenience stores is again pitting supermarkets against many liquor stores — and keeping lobbyists on both sides of the debate happily employed.
This proposal from Paterson, unveiled last month, contains perks for liquor stores that were absent from his last push, which died last spring during budget negotiations. Most notably, it would allow the stores to sell some food items and open multiple locations.”

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