TOWN OF NEWBURGH – The New York State Liquor Authority has suspended
the liquor license of Hudson Valley Hotel on Route 17K in the Town of
Newburgh. The hotel is owned by NOWAB Hotels Corporation.
The suspension was ordered at a special meeting of the SLA board on Friday,
June 5.
On May 30, Newburgh Town Police responded to a large fight in the parking
lot of the hotel involving several disorderly and intoxicated patrons.
One person was stabbed during the early morning confrontation.
State Police investigating noted the hotel’s staff were uncooperative
and observed staff attempting to clean the area inside the premises where
the stabbing occurred.
The stabbing is just one of many violent disorders recently reported to
the SLA by Newburgh Police. Other incidents included fights and crowd
disturbances on March 1 and 21, a February 2 assault where the victim
suffered a broken jaw and facial injuries, and a January 17 fight involving
some 100 patrons resulting in destruction of property, damage to the premises
and several reports of theft.
On June 4, the SLA charged the hotel with nine violations, including disorderly
premises, assault, inadequate supervision, and for becoming a police focal
point.
The license is suspended immediately, prohibiting the sale and service
of alcohol at the premises. The hotel was previously fined $6,000 in 2014
by the SLA for an August 25, 2013 violent assault and stabbing.
“This licensee has demonstrated total disregard for the law and
a lack of concern for the safety of their patrons,” said SLA Chief
Executive Officer Kerri O’Brien. “The SLA has an obligation
to ensure this violence does not continue, and today’s emergency
suspension will prevent episodes like this from occurring in the future.”
