INWOOD — The nightclub that was the backdrop for a fatal shooting just over a week ago may lose its license after being shut down days later in a joint operation by the NYPD and the New York State Worker’s Compensation Board.
Tette Club, at 154 Post Ave., was hit with multiple summonses for disorderly premise, after-hours sales and failure to conform to the liquor license as it was granted, according to records from the State Liquor Authority.
In addition, the Worker’s Compensation Board issued a stop-work order for the club because it failed to secure coverage in the amount of $46,000, records show.
The closure came less than a week after two men were shot in front of the nightclub following a fight that broke out in the early-morning hours of May 10.
Ernesto Santiago, 31, died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
A police source confirmed that both the victims and other people involved in the fight had been at Tette immediately before the incident took place.
This is not the first time the club has faced disciplinary action.
According to SLA records, the club has been hit with multiple violations for underage drinking, disorderly premise, after-hours sales and overcrowding since 2007.
Some of those violations occurred under a previous owner.
However, since Helen Salcedo Romero took over as sole owner in March 2014, the business has incurred several violations, which were outlined in the disciplinary charges brought on Friday.
The summons issued last week outlined 17 violations. These included eight violations for disorderly premise, six of which occurred under Romero’s ownership, one charge of after-hours sales, and a charge that the licensee submitted a false statement or suppressed information about the venue’s operations when applying for a renewal license.
The State Liquor Authority voted to impose an emergency order of suspension for the venue on Tuesday morning, and the bar will remained closed until the SLA or an administrative law judge reverses the decision.
The owner is required to appear at an SLA hearing on May 27 to decide whether to revoke the bar’s liquor license.
Romero could not be reached for comment.
