Today’s actions mark the first time the Attorney General’s Office or ABC has formally apologized for their role in these actions that occurred prior to a landmark 1967 New Jersey Supreme Court decision, which held that ABC could not suspend a liquor license simply because the licensee allowed LGBTQ+ individuals to congregate at the premises. To right this historical wrong, Attorney General Grewal today apologized for these historical practices and issued a directive ordering ABC to vacate 126 enforcement actions that suspended or revoked the licenses of liquor establishments during that era because they served LGBTQ+ patrons. ![]() Grewal is taking a series of unprecedented actions to recognize an ugly moment in the history of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office: the systematic targeting of gay bars by the Office’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”) between 19. TRENTON – As Pride month draws to a close, Attorney General Gurbir S.
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