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Home/Bills/A 1934New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 1934: Provides an exemption from certain requirements for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises located in Orange county.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 7, 2026

What A 1934 does, verified June 7, 2026

The bill proposes an exemption for certain properties from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from buildings used for worship. A retail license for on-premises consumption can be issued for premises located within 200 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship. This exemption applies only to a specific property in the village of Walden, Orange County, New York, where a retail license can be issued for the sale of food and beverages at the premises. The exemption takes effect immediately upon the bill's passage.

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Last action: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (2026-06-03)Alert me
Recent actions17 total · showing 5
Jun. 03, 2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun. 03, 2026PASSED SENATE
Jun. 03, 20263RD READING CAL.1694
Jun. 03, 2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S10601
Jun. 01, 2026REFERRED TO RULES
Full action history, 12 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 568 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1934 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAHER -- 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 certain buildings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-17) to read as 3 follows: 4 (e-17) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdi- 5 vision, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises 6 consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred 7 feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of 8 worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises for the sale of 9 food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises located 10 wholly within the boundaries of the county of Orange, bounded and 11 described as follows: 12 All that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 13 being in the village of Walden, town of Montgomery, county of Orange and 14 state of New York, bounded and described as follows: 15 Commencing at the intersection of the southernly line of West Main St- 16 reet with the westerly line of Walnut Street at the point forty one 17 degrees, thirty three minutes, thirty eight point five seconds North and 18 seventy four degrees, eleven minutes, twenty four point two seconds West 19 (41°33'38.5" N, 74°11'24.2" W); 20 Running thence southernly along the westerly side of Walnut Street ni- 21 nety (90') feet more or less to the point forty one degrees, thirty 22 three minutes, thirty seven point sixty five seconds North and seventy 23 four degrees, eleven minutes, twenty four point two seconds West 24 (41°33'37.65" N, 74°11'24.2" W); EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04968-01-5 

 A. 1934 2 1 Thence westerly parallel with West Main Street fifty nine (59') feet 2 more or less to the point forty one degrees, thirty three minutes, thir- 3 ty seven point sixty five seconds North and seventy four degrees, eleven 4 minutes, twenty four point nine seconds West (41°33'37.65" N, 5 74°11'24.9" W); 6 Thence northerly parallel with Walnut Street ninety (90') feet more or 7 less to the point forty one degrees, thirty three minutes, thirty eight 8 point five seconds North and seventy four degrees, eleven minutes, twen- 9 ty five West (41°33'37.65" N, 74°11'25" W); 10 Thence easterly along the southerly side of West Main Street fifty 11 nine (59') feet more or less to the corner, the point or place of begin- 12 ning. Said premises known as 79 West Main Street, Walden, New York. 13 Being and intended to be the same premises described in a deed from 14 Wolfe Myrna to Godinez Reinaldo dated January 9th, 2023 and recorded 15 with the Orange County Clerk's Office on February 24th, 2023, Document 16 Number 15384-1710. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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