Senate Bill S9543

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9543
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2026
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 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:
 
   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 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  PREMISES
 LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY
 OF  NEW  YORK,  CITY  AND  STATE  OF  NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   ANY LICENSED RETAILER LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND BASEMENT  OF  ALL
 THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE  OR  PARCEL  OF  LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND
 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF
 MANHATTAN, CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED  AS
 FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT  A POINT FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY SIDE
 OF SECOND AVENUE WITH THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 53RD STREET, RUNNING  THENCE
 NORTHERLY  ALONG  THE  WESTERLY SIDE OF SECOND AVENUE, 25 FEET 5 INCHES,
 THENCE WESTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH 53RD STREET AND THROUGH THE CENTER  OF
 A  PARTY  WALL,  61 FEET 5 INCHES, THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH SECOND
 AVENUE, 25 FEET 5 INCHES TO THE  NORTHERLY  SIDE  OF  53RD  STREET,  AND
 THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 53RD STREET, 61 FEET 5 INCH-
 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
 
   SAID  PREMISES  ALSO  BEING  KNOWN  AS  AND BY THE STREET ADDRESS 1003
 SECOND AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 1327,  LOT  21
 AS SHOWN ON THE TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 upon the sale or transfer of the parcel detailed in paragraph (e-18)  of
 subdivision  7  of  section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as
 added by section one of this act, such paragraph  shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed unless the licensee immediately obtains a leasehold upon
 such sale or transfer of such parcel as part of the sale or transfer. If
 the  licensee obtains such a leasehold, such paragraph (e-18) pertaining
 to such parcel shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  upon  the  end  or
 termination  of  such lease. The state liquor authority shall notify the
 legislative bill drafting commission upon notification by  the  licensee
 of the sale, transfer or termination of the leasehold, or non-renewal of
 the  leasehold in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
 timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
 of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section  44
 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.