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

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Introduced Jan 7, 2026

Latest action (Jul 24, 2026) SIGNED CHAP.182

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.

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Action history (13)

  1. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS · upper
  2. May 13, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1114 · upper
  3. May 14, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 18, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. May 28, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. May 28, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. May 28, 2026 REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · lower
  8. Jun 3, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A11379 · lower
  9. Jun 3, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.455 · lower
  10. Jun 3, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
  11. Jun 3, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  12. Jul 17, 2026 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · upper
  13. Jul 24, 2026 SIGNED CHAP.182 · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08690 Summary: BILL NO S08690 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A11379

&nbsp SPONSOR CLEARE &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §64, ABC L &nbsp 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.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8690

IN SENATE

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:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-18) to read as 3 follows: 4 (e-18) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdi- 5 vision, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises 6 consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred 7 feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue 8 or other place of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises 9 for the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the prem- 10 ises located wholly within the boundaries of the county of New York, 11 bounded and described as follows: 12 All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in 13 the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, designated 14 on the Tax Map of the City of New York, for the Borough of Manhattan, as 15 said Tax Map was on June 5, 1973 as Section 7 Block 1912 Lot 30 bounded 16 and described as follows: 17 BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Lenox Avenue, distant 20 18 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the North- 19 erly line of West 127th Street with the Westerly line of Lenox (formerly 20 Sixth) Avenue; 21 RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the Westerly line of Lenox Avenue, 20 22 feet; 23 THENCE Westerly parallel with West 127th Street and part of the 24 distance through a party wall, 100 feet; 25 THENCE and Southerly parallel with Lenox Avenue, 20 feet; 26 THENCE Easterly, 100 feet to the Westerly side of Lenox Avenue the 27 point and place of BEGINNING. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14355-01-6

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