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Senate Bill S10559A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via A11457 - Passed Senate

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2025-S10559 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11457
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-S10559 - Summary

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

2025-S10559 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10559 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10559
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 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.
              

2025-S10559A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11457
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-S10559A (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 school or place of worship.

2025-S10559A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10559A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10559--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment  and  Small  Business  --  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 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
 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.
                                                            LBD15941-02-6
              

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