Assembly Bill A6952

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to an exemption for certain property located in the county of Columbia from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6665
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to an exemption for certain property located in the county of Columbia from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a school or church.

2025-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6952
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 of a church

   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-17)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (E-17)  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 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 COLUMBIA, BOUNDED AND
 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND  BEING  IN
 THE  CITY  OF HUDSON, COUNTY OF COLUMBIA AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MORE
 PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING AT A POINT  FORMED  BY  THE  INTERSECTION  ON  THE  PRESUMED
 NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF WARREN STREET WITH THE PRESUMED SOUTHEASTERLY LINE
 OF  FOURTH  STREET  AT  OR NEAR THE CORNER OF THE BRICK BUILDING ON THIS
 PROPERTY; THENCE RUNNING NORTH 44 DEGREES, 15  MINUTES  AND  30  SECONDS
 EAST  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 77.65 FEET AND NORTH 44 DEGREES, 15 MINUTES AND
 30 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 42.35 FEET TO THE  PRESUMED  SOUTHWES-
 TERLY  LINE OF PRISON ALLEY; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 45 DEGREES, 44 MINUTES
 AND 30 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 20.29 FEET, SOUTH 45  DEGREES,  44
 MINUTES  AND  30 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 29.71 FEET, AND SOUTH 45
 DEGREES, 44 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 28.94 FEET  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11039-01-5

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