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The flagship location of Swifty\u2019s on Delaware Avenue in Delmar on Sunday. Orange \u201cSEIZED\u201d signs that were put up Dec. 4 had been removed prior to its Sunday reopening.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Swifty\u2019s Colonie location on Everett Road is seen before reopening on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tyler A. McNeil\/Times Union<\/p>\n
The Delmar location of\u00a0Swifty\u2019s is seen on Dec. 4, with\u00a0notices\u00a0of being closed that\u00a0day by the state.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Swifty\u2019s Restaurant & Pub in Delmar on Saturday,\u00a0after prominent signs announcing a tax seizure earlier this month had been removed.<\/p>\n
Courtesy Caleb Sink<\/p>\n
Seized notices from the state Department of Taxation and Finance are seen on the entrance to Swifty\u2019s on Everett Road in Colonie on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n
Will Waldron\/Times Union<\/p>\n
Two of the three Swifty\u2019s Restaurant & Pub locations seized Dec. 4 by the state<\/a> for nonpayment of more than $2 million in taxes reopened Sunday, according to owner Dave Swift, who said that he \u201cmessed up.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement texted to the Times Union on Saturday night, Swift said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to get away with anything; things got away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n He did not reply to a follow-up question about how the total owed in unpaid sales and withholding taxes grew over nine years to what the state Department of Taxation and Finance said after the seizure was $2.2 million. He also did not address questions about whether he agreed with the state\u2019s figure, if he had made a payment to enable the release of the properties in Colonie, Delmar and Utica, and whether he had come to repayment terms with the state.<\/p>\n Swift said the Swifty\u2019s at 95 Everett Road in Colonie, open since 2015, and the 2009 original at 367 Delaware Ave. in Delmar would reopen Sunday. As for the third location, Swift told the Times Union, \u201chopefully Utica to follow.\u201d He was not more specific about a projected date.<\/p>\n Prominent orange \u201cSEIZED\u201d signs that were posted on the Swifty\u2019s locations had been removed by Saturday afternoon in Colonie and\u00a0Delmar. On Saturday night, the lights for the large street-side sign at the Colonie location were off, but several vehicles were in the parking lot, including a pickup truck that appeared to be having items unloaded into the restaurant, and people were visible in the bar area, where TVs could be seen playing.<\/p>\n Make the Times Union a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our journalism when you search.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n