PATH Booze Bust

[Swede]

Of course they had to rough him up.

You can't take an open bottle of booze on a subway or train but what if it is sealed? An NYU student says he was cuffed over a sealed bottle of wine.

Pavan Trivedi says he was slammed down to the ground by a Port Authority cop and held in a room against his will.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/manhattan/path-booze-bust-20100323

[smokey nj]

1. That's insane.

I've carried bottles of wine on the PATH many, many times and I've never heard anything about a ban on sealed liquor bottles on New Year's Day.

[Historic NY]

2. wine to go is legal.

NEW YORK

New York SLA 588 allows the take home of one partially consumed bottle of wine if (i) the restaurant has the appropriate wine or liquor license, (ii) the bottle of wine is purchased in connection with a full course meal, (iii) the patron consumes a portion of the wine with the meal, (iv) the wine is securely resealed, placed in a one-time-use tamper-proof transparent bag which is securely sealed and, (v) a dated receipt for the full course meal and wine is provided to the patron.