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S 9543 NY

Provides an exemption for a portion of a certain parcel of land from selling alcohol within a certain distance from a church

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Introduced Mar 23, 2026

Latest action (May 19, 2026) SUBSTITUTED BY A10525

Summary

Provides an exemption for a certain parcel of land in Manhattan from selling alcohol within a certain distance from a church; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.

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Action history (5)

  1. Mar 23, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS · upper
  2. Apr 29, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.876 · upper
  3. May 4, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 5, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. May 19, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A10525 · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S09543 Summary: BILL NO S09543 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A10525

&nbsp SPONSOR KRUEGER &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §64, ABC L &nbsp Provides an exemption for a certain parcel of land in Manhattan from selling alcohol within a certain distance from a church; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

9543

IN SENATE

March 23, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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 within two hundred feet of a 7 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 8 place of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises for the 9 sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises 10 located wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Manhattan, county 11 of New York, city and state of New York, bounded and described as 12 follows: 13 Any licensed retailer located on the first floor and basement of all 14 that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and 15 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of 16 Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, bounded and described as 17 follows: 18 BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly side 19 of Second Avenue with the northerly side of 53rd Street, running thence 20 Northerly along the westerly side of Second Avenue, 25 feet 5 inches, 21 thence Westerly and parallel with 53rd Street and through the center of 22 a party wall, 61 feet 5 inches, thence Southerly parallel with Second 23 Avenue, 25 feet 5 inches to the northerly side of 53rd Street, and 24 thence Easterly along the northerly side of 53rd Street, 61 feet 5 inch- 25 es to the point of place of beginning.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15115-01-6

S. 9543 2

1 SAID PREMISES also being known as and by the street address 1003 2 Second Avenue, New York, New York and designated as Block 1327, Lot 21 3 as shown on the tax map of the City of New York, County of New York. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 5 upon the sale or transfer of the parcel detailed in paragraph (e-18) of 6 subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as 7 added by section one of this act, such paragraph shall expire and be 8 deemed repealed unless the licensee immediately obtains a leasehold upon 9 such sale or transfer of such parcel as part of the sale or transfer. If 10 the licensee obtains such a leasehold, such paragraph (e-18) pertaining 11 to such parcel shall expire and be deemed repealed upon the end or 12 termination of such lease. The state liquor authority shall notify the 13 legislative bill drafting commission upon notification by the licensee 14 of the sale, transfer or termination of the leasehold, or non-renewal of 15 the leasehold in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and 16 timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state 17 of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 18 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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