The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) shuttered a Lower East Side deli on Jan. 30 for multiple tobacco violations, amNewYork Metro has exclusively learned.
“Any business that ignores and violates the law will be held accountable,” DCWP Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga said in a statement to amNewYork Metro. “Tobacco use is a threat to the health of our neighbors, especially our youngest New Yorkers — and selling tobacco products without a license is illegal. As a city, we are committed to protecting the wellbeing of our neighbors and we will not allow businesses to disregard the law.
DCWP agents forcibly closed the business on Monday, leaving 57 Grocery Corp with its graffiti-tagged shutters down, padlocked, and labeled with a notice reading, “This establishment has been closed for operating illegally.” DCWP agents forcibly shuttered 57 Grocery Corp on Monday after the department determined the business had been in violation of the law for years.Agency inspectors routinely probe Big Apple retailers in an effort to investigate issues relating to licensing, signage, sales to minors, and other compliance issues, according to sources within the department.
According to department data, DCWP has since reduced the number of tobacco retailers citywide by 50 percent. The department, formerly known as the Department of Consumer Affairs, works to “[enhance] the daily economic lives of New Yorkers,” according to its website, all the while creating “thriving communities.”
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