STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO, CRUZ, TORRES, ROZIC, CONRAD, STECK,
BERGER, EPSTEIN, DeSTEFANO, CHANG, BEEPHAN, YEGER, SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI,
COLTON, SCHIAVONI, HOOKS, McDONOUGH, NOVAKHOV, NORBER, SEMPOLINSKI,
GIGLIO, LEMONDES, REYES, WILLIAMS, K. BROWN, CHLUDZINSKI, DILAN,
GALLAHAN, BUTTENSCHON, McDONALD, LEE, TAPIA, DAVILA, SMULLEN, BRABE-
NEC, FITZPATRICK, BLANKENBUSH, BORES, LEVENBERG, GLICK, GANDOLFO,
PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic
Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to further restricting
cannabis storefronts from being located within five hundred feet of a
school and two hundred feet of a house of worship if they are located
in a mixed use building
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is amended
2 to read as follows:
3 6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within five
4 hundred feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined in the educa-
5 tion law and for the purposes of this subdivision shall also include all
6 entrances and exits in a mixed use building which contains or is used as
7 a school, or is within two hundred feet of a house of worship. For
8 purposes of this subdivision, a "house of worship" shall include any
9 area, including entrances and exits, in a mixed use building which
10 contains or is used as a house of worship.
11 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
12 read as follows:
13 4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site consumption
14 license for any premises within five hundred feet of school grounds as
15 such term is defined in the education law and for the purposes of this
16 subdivision shall also include all entrances and exits in a mixed use
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 building which contains or is used as a school, or is two hundred feet
2 from a house of worship. For purposes of this subdivision, a "house of
3 worship" shall include any area, including entrances and exits, in a
4 mixed use building which contains or is used as a house of worship.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any new
6 license issued on or after such effective date.
