Senate Bill S6665

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-S6665 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6952
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, ABC L

2025-S6665 (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-S6665 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6665
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11039-01-5

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