Relates to the provision of on-premises alcohol consumption licenses; provides such licenses may be provided if the owner or administrator of a school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively provides support for the issuance of such license and such license would have been denied only for the proximity to such buildings.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8477
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
provision of on-premises alcohol consumption licenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alco-
2 holic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of
3 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
5 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
6 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a
7 retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located
8 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be
9 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school,
10 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra-
11 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively
12 provides support for the issuance of such license; or
13 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section
14 64-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of
15 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
16 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
17 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
18 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a
19 special license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located
20 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be
21 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school,
22 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra-
23 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively
24 provides support for the issuance of such license; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
2 64-b of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of
3 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
5 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
6 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a
7 bottle club license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not
8 located within a city with a population of one million or more, which
9 shall be within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a
10 school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or
11 administrator of such school, church, or other place of worship affir-
12 matively provides support for the issuance of such license; or
13 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section
14 64-c of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of
15 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
16 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
17 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
18 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a
19 restaurant-brewer license for on-premises consumption for a premises,
20 not located within a city with a population of one million or more,
21 which shall be within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusive-
22 ly as a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the
23 owner or administrator of such school, church, or other place of
24 worship affirmatively provides support for the issuance of such license;
25 or
26 § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 64-d of the alcoholic
27 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of 2009, is
28 amended to read as follows:
29 (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
30 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
31 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a
32 cabaret license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located
33 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be
34 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school,
35 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra-
36 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively
37 provides support for the issuance of such license; or
38 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
