“For 35 - probably more - years, this had a chilling effect on bars letting in gay patrons,” Mr. Grewal, the state’s top law enforcement officer, offered a formal apology for the decades-old enforcement actions. And New Jersey’s attorney general, Gurbir S. On Tuesday, New Jersey acknowledged that painful history for the first time.Ī trove of records unearthed by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control was released publicly online, providing a wrenching historical look into policies that spanned four decades.