Community board nixes liquor license request by former owner of controversial Love & Lust club
Community Board 7 has turned thumbs-down on a liquor license request for a new club made by the owner of controversial Sunset Park club Love & Lust, which shut its doors after its liquor license was canceled by the State Liquor Authority (SLA) in May.
Community members packed the room for the Tuesday, July 17 Public Safety Committee meeting at which the application made by Imran Jairam, the owner of KB Venture group, on behalf of a new club, Starway 2826 LLC, located at 225 47th Street, the former site of Love & Lust, was discussed.
According to CB 7 Chair Cesar Zuñiga, after the nearly two-hour meeting, only one committee member voted in favor of the application, with seven voting no and three abstentions, flying in the face of a statement made by the club’s attorney, Eric Sanders, a retired police officer, who told members, “The only thing you need to know is there never was any crimes or anything related to the club.”