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City pol: Nix pub crawls

Last crawl for alcohol!

Late-night revelers who like to hop from bar to bar to bar might soon be out of luck if an Upper East Side lawmaker gets his way.

Democratic Assemblyman Micah Kellner has introduced a bill that would pull the plug on pub crawls by yanking the liquor licenses of bars that promote the boozy block-by-block odysseys.

“It creates mayhem,” Kellner said. “We’re not trying to legislate common sense. What we can legislate is licensed liquor establishments promoting and enabling dangerous behavior.”

Kellner’s bill targets bars that sponsor organized pub crawls requiring a fee to participate. Informal gatherings among friends would not be outlawed.

Still, party people aren’t too pleased with the prospect of a law limiting their options.

“If people don’t want to live around nightlife they shouldn’t live in Manhattan,” said Kevin Barry, a 27-year-old Upper East Sider. “It’s incredibly shortsighted.”

Omar Sequern, 35, was drinking a beer at the Fat Black Pussycat in the West Village Thursday night when he heard of the new bill.

“It’s ridiculous,” said the Windsor Terrace resident. “These are not the places you should be targeting. They make money for the city.”

East Side residents fed up with the foul aftermath of pub crawls don’t want to hear it.

“There was a guy taking a dump — in the middle of the street,” said a source who works in East Midtown. “At least go between the cars.”

SantaCon, Cinco de Mayo and St. Patrick’s Day are the worst examples of amateur night — with stores getting ripped off by shoplifters and restaurant windows getting smashed, critics say.

“There’s violent people getting in fights. People pass out drunk,” said Mark Thompson, who lives in Stuyvesant Town. “The people who live in the neighborhood can’t walk down the street. It’s not safe.”

And the drunks aren’t even from the ’hood.

“They’re not coming from Manhattan,” said Stephen Dubnoff, who lives in the east 50s. “It used to be a couple of bars that got together. Now it’s big business.”

Community Board 6 voted to ban crawls last September, but the State Liquor Authority said it couldn’t enforce such bans.

One Web site in particular has drawn residents’ ire. PubCrawls.com has three drinking excursions planned for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. A $10 three-day pass gets one free draft and discounted beer and whiskey at 16 bars.

“St. Patrick’s Day is coming up,” said Kellner. “Hopefully, this legislation will be a shot across the bow.”