East Farmingdale, NY- New York State Officials say starting this week they’ll be cracking down on underage drinking at Summer Concerts at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Ampitheater. As part of Operation Prevent, a state initiative to curb underage drinking and driving, anyone underage caught with a fake id buying alcohol could be ticketed and have their license taken away for a minimum of 90 days or up to one year. According to a press release from Governor Cuomo’s office in 2019, “DMV investigators carried out enforcement sweeps at 127 locations statewide. A record 918 fake IDs were seized and a record of 1,016 citations were issued to people attempting to buy alcohol while underage”.
Read more about the statewide crackdown on underage drinking, here.
Photo: View of the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, an outdoor amphitheater located at Jones Beach State Park, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Wantagh, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
