Governor Cuomo Offers to Pay Fees for 7-Year-Old's Lemonade Stand

 Statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo

"Today I directed the Department of Health to reach a resolution with the Mulvaney family to ensure that Brendan's Lemonade Stand can continue to operate. If a permit is needed, I will personally pay for any necessary fees. We support Brendan's entrepreneurial spirit and wish him the best of luck." 

The Backstory: Lemonade-gate! Why a Boy's Lemonade Stand Was Shut Down by New York

By Joseph Spector

ALBANY -- Talk about turning lemonade into lemons.

A 7-year-old boy had to shut down his lemonade stand outside the Saratoga County Fair on Friday after his family was ordered to do so by an inspector for the state Health Department.

Brendan Mulvaney, 7, and his family told the Daily Gazette in Schenectady last weekend about having to close his stand that was outside the Saratoga County Fair — which was near where his family lives. The family charged fair goers for parking on their lawn, as well as offered the lemonade.

"She didn't introduce herself, she didn't leave a card," Brendan's dad, Sean, told the Albany Times Union in Albany, on Sunday.

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Source: Democrat and Chronicle