State Senator Jeffrey Klein has proposed legislation that would stop the sale of sugary “alcopops” in bodegas, relegating them to liquor stores, and make it downright illegal to sell caffeinated beverages like Four Loko anywhere in New York. But NYC Health Commissioner Thomas Farley says Klein doesn’t go far enough, and he testified at a City Council hearing yesterday that he wants to banish from bodegas all “premixed, carbonated, flavored malt drinks with alcohol content as high as 12 percent.” This would include such fun, magical elixirs as Mike’s Hard Lemonade ! At a hearing in Albany, his assistant commissioner, Daliah Heller, lined up malt beverages in the cross hairs: [ more › ]

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NYC Health Department Wants To Restrict Mike’s Hard Lemonade