§ 100. Alcoholic beverages generally. 1. No person shall manufacture\nfor sale or sell at wholesale or retail any alcoholic beverage within\nthe state without obtaining the appropriate license therefor required by\nthis chapter.\n 1-a. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or otherwise provide for\nthe consumption of any powdered or crystalline alcoholic product.\n 2. No manufacturer and no wholesaler shall sell, or agree to sell or\ndeliver in this state any alcoholic beverage for the purposes of resale\nto any person who is not duly licensed pursuant to this chapter to sell\nsuch beverages, at wholesale or retail, as the case may be, at the time\nof such agreement and sale.\n 2-a. No retailer shall employ, or permit to be employed, or shall\nsuffer to work, on any premises licensed for retail sale hereunder, any\nperson under the age of eighteen years, as a hostess, waitress, waiter,\nor in any other capacity where the duties of such person require or\npermit such person to sell, dispense or handle alcoholic beverages;\nexcept that: (1) any person under the age of eighteen years and employed\nby any person holding a grocery or drug store beer license shall be\npermitted to handle and deliver beer and wine products for such\nlicensee, (2) any person under the age of eighteen employed as a cashier\nby a person holding a grocery or drug store beer license shall be\npermitted to record and receive payment for beer and wine product sales\nwhen in the presence of and under the direct supervision of a person\neighteen years of age or over, (2-a) any person under the age of\neighteen years and employed by a person holding a grocery store or drug\nstore beer license as either a cashier or in any other position to which\nhandling of containers which may have held alcoholic beverages is\nnecessary, shall be permitted to handle the containers if such have been\npresented for redemption in accordance with the provisions of title ten\nof article twenty-seven of the environmental conservation law, and (3)\nany person under the age of eighteen years employed as a dishwasher,\nbusboy, or other such position as to which handling of containers which\nmay have held alcoholic beverages is necessary shall be permitted to do\nso under the direct supervision of a person of legal age to purchase\nalcoholic beverages in the state.\n 2-b. Subject to the provisions of section ninety-nine-f of this\nchapter no retailer shall permit or suffer to appear as an entertainer,\non any premises licensed for retail sale hereunder, any person under the\nage of eighteen years, except that a person under the age of eighteen\nyears may appear as such entertainer, provided that:\n (a) the parents or lawful guardian of such person expressly consent in\nwriting to such appearance;\n (b) the appearance is for a special function, occasion, or event;\n (c) the appearance is approved by and made under the sponsorship of a\nprimary or secondary school;\n (d) the appearance takes place in the presence and under the direct\nsupervision of a teacher of such school; and\n (e) the appearance does not take place in a tavern. Failure to\nrestrain such a person from so appearing shall be deemed to constitute\npermission.\n 3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require\nthat any food be sold or purchased with or in order to obtain any\nalcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises where sold.\n 4. Alcoholic beverages may be sold to be consumed on the premises at a\nbar, counter or similar contrivance. Only one such bar, counter or\ncontrivance shall be permitted in any licensed premises, except that not\nmore than two additional bars, counters or contrivances may be permitted\nby the liquor authority for good cause shown to it, and upon the payment\nto it of a fee, for each additional bar, equivalent to the amount of the\nannual license fee paid by the licensee or, in the case of an additional\nbar, counter or contrivance operated on a seasonal b
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