Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a place of worship, the official text

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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) --
   read once and referred to the Committee  on  Economic  Development  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
   with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 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 or place of worship
 
   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 LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED
 FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED AS A  SCHOOL,  CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE  OR  OTHER
 PLACE  OF  WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTE A PREMISES FOR THE
 SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL  FOR  CONSUMPTION  ON  THE  PREMISES
 LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF MANHATTAN, BOUNDED
 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   AS TO THE FEE PARCEL:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT  THE  CORNER  FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY
 SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET;
   RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET, 119
 FEET 3-1/2 INCHES TO THE GROUND NOW OR LATE BELONGING  TO  JAMES  WALKER
 AND FORMERLY LEASED TO E. DEVOE AND M. WILLIAMS;
   THENCE  SOUTHERLY  ALONG  THE  SAME, 79 FEET 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY
 LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY THE RECTOR, CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. STEPHENS OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THE  HAMILTON  BUILDING  COMPANY  BY  DEED  DATED  FEBRUARY  1, 1907 AND
 RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 1907 IN LIBER 110 CP 42 SEC. 1 IN THE OFFICE OF THE
 REGISTER OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK;
   THENCE  WESTERLY  ALONG  THE  SAME,  106  FEET 10 INCHES, MORE OR LESS
 (DEED) 107.01 FEET (ACTUAL) TO THE EASTERLY SIDE  OF  GREENWICH  STREET;
 AND
   THENCE  NORTHERLY ALONG THE SAID EASTERLY SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET, 82
 FEET 7 INCHES TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   AS TO THE EASEMENT PARCEL:
   EASEMENTS, FOR THE BENEFITS OF FEE PARCEL, OVER  THE  PARCEL  OF  LAND
 DESCRIBED BELOW, FOR LIGHT AND AIR, AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW, ABOVE A LOWER
 LIMITING  PLANE  AT  AN ELEVATION OF 129.38 FEET ABOVE DATUM LEVEL (SUCH
 DATUM LEVEL 2.75 FEET ABOVE THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC  SURVEY
 DATUM,  MEAN  SEA  LEVEL,  SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY), AS DESCRIBED IN (AND
 SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF) (I) SECTION 2(C) OF THAT CERTAIN
 ZONING LOT DEVELOPMENT AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER  7,  2012,
 BETWEEN  86  TRINITY  PLACE  LLC, AS OWNER, AND 22 THAMES STREET LLC, AS
 DEVELOPER, RECORDED 10/9/12 IN CRFN 2012000398746 IN THE OFFICE  OF  THE
 CITY  REGISTER  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND (II) THAT CERTAIN LIGHT AND
 AIR EASEMENT AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2012, BETWEEN 86 TRINITY PLACE
 LLC, AS GRANTOR, AND HENRY II THAMES LP, AS GRANTEE, RECORDED 10/9/12 IN
 CRFN 2012000398750 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY REGISTER OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK.
   ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF  LAND,  SITUATE,  LYING  AND
 BEING  IN  THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK,
 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EASTERLY SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET, DISTANT
 82 FEET 8 INCHES SOUTHERLY FROM THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF
 THE EASTERLY SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF
   THAMES STREET;
   RUNNING THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY SIDE OF GREENWICH  STREET,
 178  FEET  2  INCHES  TO THE NORTHERLY FACE OF THE NORTHERLY WALL OF THE
 BUILDING ERECTED ON THE PREMISES ADJOINING ON THE SOUTH;
   THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY FACE OF THE NORTHERLY WALL OF  THE
 BUILDING ON THE PREMISES ADJOINING ON THE SOUTH AND ON A LINE IN CONTIN-
 UATION THEREOF, 107 FEET 1-1/4 INCHES;
   THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE IN THE NORTHWEST QUAD-
 RANT OF 84 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WITH THE LAST MENTIONED COURSE,
 47 FEET 8-1/4 INCHES TO THE CENTRE OF A PARTY WALL;
   THENCE  EASTERLY  ALONG  THE  CENTRE OF SAID PARTY WALL, 52 FEET 2-1/2
 INCHES TO THE WESTERLY SIDE OF TRINITY PLACE;
   THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDE OF TRINITY  PLACE,  124  FEET
 7-3/4 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY FACE OF THE SOUTHERLY WALL OF THE BUILDING
 ERECTED ON THE PREMISES ADJOINING ON THE NORTH;
   THENCE  WESTERLY  ALONG  THE SOUTHERLY FACE OF SAID WALL AND ON A LINE
 DRAWN IN THE CONTINUATION THEREOF, 74 FEET 5 INCHES;
   THENCE NORTHERLY, 4 INCHES;
   THENCE WESTERLY AND PARTLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY FACE OF  THE  SOUTHERLY
 WALL  OF  THE  BUILDING ADJOINING ON THE NORTH, 107 FEET 1-3/4 INCHES TO
 THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.