TOWN OF NEWBURGH – The New York State Liquor Authority 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.”
