N.Y. General Business Law § 9: Public traffic on Sunday

§ 9. Public traffic on Sunday. All manner of public selling or

offering for sale of any property upon Sunday is prohibited, except as

follows: 1. Articles of food may be sold, served, supplied and delivered

at any time before ten o'clock in the morning:

2. Meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold at any

time of the day;

3. Caterers may serve meals to their patrons at any time of the day;

4. Prepared tobacco, bread, milk, eggs, ice, soda-water, fruit,

flowers, confectionery, souvenirs, items of art and antiques,

newspapers, magazines, gasoline, oil, tires, cemetery monuments, drugs,

medicine and surgical instruments may be sold and delivered at any time

of the day.

5. Grocers, delicatessen dealers and bakeries may sell, supply, serve

and deliver cooked and prepared foods, between the hours of four o'clock

in the afternoon and half-past seven o'clock in the evening, in addition

to the time provided for in subdivision one hereof, and, elsewhere than

in cities and villages having a population of forty thousand or more,

delicatessen dealers, bakeries and farmers' markets or roadside stands

selling fresh vegetables and other farm produce, and fishing tackle and

bait stores may sell, supply, serve and deliver merchandise usually sold

by them, at any time of the day.

6. Persons, firms or corporations holding licenses and/or permits

issued under the provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law

permitting the sale of beer at retail, may sell such beverages at retail

on Sunday before three antemeridian and after twelve noon for

off-premises consumption to persons making purchases at the licensed

premises to be taken by them from the licensed premises.

7. Sale at public auction of thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter

horse racehorses.

The provisions of this section, however, shall not be construed to

allow or permit the public sale or exposing for sale or delivery of

uncooked flesh foods or meats, fresh or salt, at any hour or time of the

day. Delicatessen dealers shall not be considered as caterers within

subdivision three hereof.