U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will announce today a proposal to end restrictions on shipping beer, wine, and spirits through the United States Postal Service.

The legislation that bars the postal service from shipping beer, wine, and spirits dates back to prohibition. Schumer will argue is no longer needed and is hurting the state’s economy, Gannett’s Ashley Hupfl reports.

By ending the law, new shipping rates would be imposed that would help the struggling postal service. It would also benefit businesses, such as upstate wineries and breweries, and create pricing competition with private shipping companies, Schumer will argue.

The end of the law would generate an estimated $225 million of increased annual revenue and benefit the 12,090 postal-service jobs in upstate New York.

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