Jeanique Green
Cipriani Escapes Liquor License Fiasco
The Associated Press
Giuseppe Cipriani (left) and Arrigo Cipriani
The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo today pleaded with state regulators not to revoke the liquor licenses of seven Cipriani restaurants and banquet halls around town:
It would...cost more than 1,000 jobs, leave our most iconic celebration spaces empty for the foreseeable future, and knock the fizz out of the city's culture of excess - the golden goose that keeps the talent-fleeing, jobs-hemorrhaging "Empire State" afloat.
Apparently, new State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) commissioner Jeanique Green is a big Post reader.
This morning, Ms. Green cast the deciding vote to accept a $500,000 penalty in lieu of yanking the licenses, thus allowing the Cipriani empire to stay in business. read more »
