Dry Communities
There are no dry counties in New York as they are not allowed to make that decision. However, individual towns may, which would also be binding on any villages within them, or the parts of villages within them, but not cities. Towns may become totally dry, forbidding any on- or off-premises alcohol sales, or partially dry by forbidding one or the other or applying those prohibitions only to beer or to wine and spirits.
Currently there are 10 dry towns in the state, all in lightly populated rural areas upstate:
- Caneadea in Allegany County
- Clymer and Harmony in Chautauqua
- Lapeer in Cortland County.
- Orwell in Oswego County
- Fremont and Jasper in Steuben County
- Neversink in Sullivan County
- Berkshire in Tioga County
- Argyle in Washington County
Twelve towns forbid on-premises consumption but allow off-premises; six allow both only at a hotel open year-round. Seventeen disallow only special on-premises consumption. The town of Spencer in Tioga County allows only off-premises and special on-premises consumption. Williamson, in Wayne County, bans on-premises sale of beer at race tracks, outdoor athletic fields and sports stadia where admission is charged.
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