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

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10525
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 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
 A. 10525                            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.