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Senate Bill S8690

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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2025-S8690 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-S8690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church for a certain premises located in the county of New York.

2025-S8690 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8690
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 from a church

   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 CONSTITUTES 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  NEW  YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   ALL  THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN
 THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, DESIGNATED
 ON THE TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, FOR THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AS
 SAID TAX MAP WAS ON JUNE 5, 1973 AS SECTION 7 BLOCK 1912 LOT 30  BOUNDED
 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF LENOX AVENUE, DISTANT 20
 FEET NORTHERLY FROM THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE  NORTH-
 ERLY LINE OF WEST 127TH STREET WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF LENOX (FORMERLY
 SIXTH) AVENUE;
   RUNNING  THENCE  NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LENOX AVENUE, 20
 FEET;
   THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH  WEST  127TH  STREET  AND  PART  OF  THE
 DISTANCE THROUGH A PARTY WALL, 100 FEET;
   THENCE AND SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH LENOX AVENUE, 20 FEET;
   THENCE  EASTERLY,  100  FEET  TO THE WESTERLY SIDE OF LENOX AVENUE THE
 POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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