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.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9079
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
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:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alco-
holic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of
2009, is amended to read as follows:
(a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
place of worship; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A
RETAIL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION FOR A PREMISES, NOT LOCATED
WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHICH SHALL BE
WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL,
CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP IF THE OWNER OR ADMINISTRA-
TOR OF SUCH SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP AFFIRMATIVELY
PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE; or
§ 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section
64-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
place of worship; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A
SPECIAL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION FOR A PREMISES, NOT LOCATED
WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHICH SHALL BE
WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL,
CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP IF THE OWNER OR ADMINISTRA-
TOR OF SUCH SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP AFFIRMATIVELY
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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