Jerry Jennings

The ordinance the Albany, N.Y., council recently passed allows city officials to impose "reasonable rules and regulations" on businesses obtaining the new cabaret licenses. Now that they've seen these "reasonable rules," people who own and work in Albany bars are protesting.

Although the ordinance says nothing about hours, Mayor Jerry Jennings has urged bars to close at 2 a.m., and wouldn't you know it, every one of the 25 cabaret licenses in the first batch, which was released Wednesday, puts a 2 a.m. limit on DJs, live music, and karaoke.