Assembly Bill A8639A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2025-A8639 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8315
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A8639 - Summary

Allows the state liquor authority to 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.

2025-A8639 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8639
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law,  in  relation  to  a
   license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
 
   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-17) to read as
 follows:
   (E-17) 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  BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF
 KINGS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
 in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York,
 bounded and described as follows:
 BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly  side
 of Nostrand Avenue with the northerly side of Rutland Road;
 RUNNING THENCE northerly, along the westerly side of Nostrand Avenue, 20
 feet,
 THENCE  westerly,  parallel  with  Rutland Road and part of the distance
 through party wall 80 feet;
 THENCE southerly parallel with Nostrand Avenue, 20 feet to the northerly
 side of Rutland Road;
 THENCE easterly along the northerly side of Rutland Road, 80 feet to the
 point or place of BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13167-01-5

2025-A8639A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8315
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A8639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the state liquor authority to 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.

2025-A8639A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8639--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Economic Development --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law,  in  relation  to  a
   license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
 
   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-17) to read as
 follows:
   (E-17) 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 BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN,  COUNTY
 OF KINGS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING
 IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, COUNTY OF KINGS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 BEGINNING  AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY SIDE
 OF NOSTRAND AVENUE WITH THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF RUTLAND ROAD;
 RUNNING THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDE OF NOSTRAND AVENUE, 20
 FEET,
 THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH RUTLAND ROAD AND  PART  OF  THE  DISTANCE
 THROUGH PARTY WALL 80 FEET;
 THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH NOSTRAND AVENUE, 20 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY
 SIDE OF RUTLAND ROAD;
 THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF RUTLAND ROAD, 80 FEET TO THE
 POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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