Booze slap at scandal restaurant

An upper-Manhattan restaurant run by a key figure in the City Hall corruption scandal faces closure following the suspension of its liquor license over scores of violations and the drug arrest of a manager, The Post has learned.

La Marina was ordered to immediately stop serving booze in an “emergency summary order of suspension” issued by the State Liquor Authority last week.

“I’ve taken licenses and revoked them for much less than this,” SLA Chairman Vincent Bradley said during a hearing Wednesday. “This place is a safety risk to the public.”

The Hudson River hot spot, on city parkland in Inwood, is coowned by Fernando Mateo, a former cabby advocate and campaign fundraiser for Mayor de Blasio.

Mateo became enmeshed in pay-for-play allegations surrounding Hizzoner when he admitted to The Post in 2016 that he had funneled $18,800 in straw donations to the mayor’s campaign in a failed bid to score a city job for a female associate.

In March 2017, both the feds and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said they wouldn’t file charges against de Blasio following lengthy investigations, and Mateo was never charged over his admissions. Mateo declined to comment. Since July, the SLA has slapped La Marina with 88 violations, including for allegedly serving booze to minors and drunken customers, failing to meet health and safety codes and permitting drug trafficking on premises.

On Nov. 20, La Marina’s bar manager, Christian Mendez, 33, was arrested for allegedly selling cocaine, oxycodone and marijuana to undercover cops. He has denied any wrongdoing.

A business partner, Josh Rosen, didn’t return messages regarding the SLA action, but he told The Post last month that Mendez’s arrest was “an isolated incident” and said La Marina “intends to correct all pending violations where required.”