State Senate Approves Legislation to Help Farm Cideries
From the office of State Senator Dan Stec
Legislation supporting New York’s growing farm cidery industry passed the Senate today. Senator Dan Stec is a co-sponsor of Senate bill S556 that would allow both interstate and intrastate shipment of hard cider.
“This growing industry is poised to do even better if farms are allowed to sell and ship directly to their customers,” said Stec. “This is what consumers expect in the e-commerce era and the trend has probably only grown stronger during the Covid pandemic.”
Stec said New York is one of only 18 states which does not permit direct shipment of cider to consumers. Direct shipments of wine is allowed under state law. The cider legislation is modeled on the existing provisions for direct wine shipment.
Posted: May 19th, 2021 under Business News, Political News, State Legislator News.