You need ID to get booze. I think you used to be able to get a wristband to provide you're over 18 so you don't have to keep show ID. No idea if they still do.
Brooklyn is nice.
Yes, they sell spirits but more than usual supermarket price. I usually take a bottle of whisky in my sleeping bag. But you can just transfer it to a plastic bottle.
I think there's 2 possibilities:
There are no changes - hence no announcement
There are changes, and they're struggling confirm replacements - hence no announcement