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Assembly Bill A11457B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a place of worship

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2025-A11457 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10559
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A11457 - Summary

Exempts certain property within Manhattan in the city of New York from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a building occupied exclusively as a school or place of worship.

2025-A11457 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11457
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in  relation  to  an
   exemption  for  certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
   within a certain distance of a place of worship

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  64 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  (e-18)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (E-18)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR  ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION  FOR  A  PREMISES  WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED
 FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED AS A CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE  OR  OTHER  PLACE  OF
 WORSHIP,  PROVIDED  SUCH  PREMISES CONSTITUTE A PREMISES FOR THE SALE OF
 FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR  CONSUMPTION  ON  THE  PREMISES  LOCATED
 WHOLLY  WITHIN  THE  BOUNDARIES  OF THE COUNTY OF MANHATTAN, BOUNDED AND
 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AS TO THE FEE PARCEL:
   ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND,  SITUATE,  LYING  AND
 BEING  IN  THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE  INTERSECTION  OF  THE  EASTERLY
 SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET;
   RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET, 119
 FEET  3-1/2  INCHES  TO THE GROUND NOW OR LATE BELONGING TO JAMES WALKER
 AND FORMERLY LEASED TO E. DEVOE AND M. WILLIAMS;
   THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE SAME, 79 FEET 8  INCHES  TO  THE  SOUTHERLY
 LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY THE RECTOR, CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE
 PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH OF ST. STEPHENS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO
 THE HAMILTON BUILDING  COMPANY  BY  DEED  DATED  FEBRUARY  1,  1907  AND
 RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 1907 IN LIBER 110 CP 42 SEC. 1 IN THE OFFICE OF THE
 REGISTER OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15941-01-6
              

2025-A11457A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10559
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A11457A - Summary

Exempts certain property within Manhattan in the city of New York from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a building occupied exclusively as a school or place of worship.

2025-A11457A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11457--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) --
   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 alcoholic beverage control law, in  relation  to  an
   exemption  for  certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
   within a certain distance of a school or place of worship
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  64 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  (e-18)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (E-18)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR  ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION  FOR  A  PREMISES  WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED
 FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL,  CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE
 OR  OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTE A PREMISES
 FOR THE SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREM-
 ISES LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE  COUNTY  OF  MANHATTAN,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AS TO THE FEE PARCEL:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT  THE  CORNER  FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY
 SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET;
   RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET, 119
 FEET 3-1/2 INCHES TO THE GROUND NOW OR LATE BELONGING  TO  JAMES  WALKER
 AND FORMERLY LEASED TO E. DEVOE AND M. WILLIAMS;
   THENCE  SOUTHERLY  ALONG  THE  SAME, 79 FEET 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY
 LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY THE RECTOR, CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. STEPHENS OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  TO
 THE  HAMILTON  BUILDING  COMPANY  BY  DEED  DATED  FEBRUARY  1, 1907 AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15941-04-6
              

2025-A11457B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10559
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A11457B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain property within Manhattan in the city of New York from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a building occupied exclusively as a school or place of worship.

2025-A11457B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 11457--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) --
   read once and referred to the Committee  on  Economic  Development  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
   with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in  relation  to  an
   exemption  for  certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
   within a certain distance of a school or place of worship
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  64 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  (e-18)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (E-18)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR  ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION  FOR  A  PREMISES  WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED
 FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED AS A  SCHOOL,  CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE  OR  OTHER
 PLACE  OF  WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTE A PREMISES FOR THE
 SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL  FOR  CONSUMPTION  ON  THE  PREMISES
 LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF MANHATTAN, BOUNDED
 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AS TO THE FEE PARCEL:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT  THE  CORNER  FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY
 SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET;
   RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET, 119
 FEET 3-1/2 INCHES TO THE GROUND NOW OR LATE BELONGING  TO  JAMES  WALKER
 AND FORMERLY LEASED TO E. DEVOE AND M. WILLIAMS;
   THENCE  SOUTHERLY  ALONG  THE  SAME, 79 FEET 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY
 LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY THE RECTOR, CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. STEPHENS OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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