Free lunch newspaper's estimate that the saloon keepers fed 60,000 people a day and that this represented a contribution of about $18,000 a week toward the relief of the destitute in Chicago. In 1896, the New York State legislature passed the Raines law which was intended to regulate liquor traffic. Among its many provisions, one forbade the sale of liquor unless accompanied by food; another outlawed the free lunch. In 1897, however, it was amended to allow free lunches again. Free lunch A free lunch is the providing of a meal at no cost, usually as a sales enticement to attract customers
Judiciary of New York (state) courts whose appeals lie to it. Published trial court decisions are persuasive authority for all other courts in the state. The "Civil Practice Law and Rules" (CPLR) governs legal procedure such as jurisdiction, venue, and pleadings, as well certain areas of substantive law such as the statute of limitations and joint and several liability. The Judiciary of New York is a unified state court system that functions under the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals who is the "" Chief Judge of New York. The Chief Judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals and is chair of