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S10616 • 2025

Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school

Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school

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Sponsor
Kristen Gonzalez
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date
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Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school

Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1775

  2. 2026-06-04 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED BY A11540

  3. 2026-06-01 Senate

    REFERRED TO RULES

Official Summary Text

Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school
Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10616

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      June 1, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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

          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 RESTAURANT LICENSES FOR A PREMISES  WHICH
     6  SHALL BE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A
     7  SCHOOL,  CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE,  OR  OTHER  PLACE OF WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH
     8  PREMISES IS BEING CONDUCTED AS A RESTAURANT LOCATED  WHOLLY  WITHIN  THE
     9  BOUNDARIES  OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW
    10  YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    11    BEGINNING AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION  OF  THE  SOUTHERLY
    12  SIDE  OF  16TH  STREET  WITH  THE WESTERLY SIDE OF IRVING PLACE: RUNNING
    13  THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 16TH STREET 100 FEET; THENCE
    14  SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH IRVING PLACE 103 FEET 3  INCHES  TO  THE  CENTER
    15  LINE OF THE BLOCK; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK 20
    16  FEET;  THENCE  SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY SIDE OF IRVING PLACE
    17  40 FEET 9 INCHES; THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE  SOUTHERLY  SIDE  OF
    18  16TH  STREET  AND  PART  OF  THE WAY THROUGH A PARTY WALL 80 FEET TO THE
    19  WESTERLY SIDE OF IRVING PLACE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY  SIDE
    20  OF IRVING PLACE, 144 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15993-01-6