Assembly BillChaptered/Signed
A 8639: Allows the state liquor authority to 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.
What A 8639 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill proposes to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to allow a license for on-premises consumption of liquor at retail for certain premises. A retail license may be issued for premises within two hundred feet of a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship, as long as the premises also sell food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises. The specific location for this license is a plot of land in Brooklyn, bounded by Norstrand Avenue and Rutland Road. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Last action: signed chap.348 (2025-08-22)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8639
- What is the current status of A 8639?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8639 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on August 22, 2025, was "signed chap.348".
- Did A 8639 pass?
- Yes. A 8639 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action August 22, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote A 8639, and where is it now?
- A 8639 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.
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| Aug. 22, 2025 | signed chap.348 |
| Aug. 15, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.1928 |
Latest bill textAmended version, May 22, 2025 · 372 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8639--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises 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 school, church, synagogue or other 8 place of worship, provided such premises constitute a premises for the 9 sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises 10 located wholly within the boundaries of the Borough of Brooklyn, county 11 of Kings, bounded and described as follows: 12 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being 13 in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, 14 bounded and described as follows: 15 BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side 16 of Nostrand Avenue with the northerly side of Rutland Road; 17 RUNNING THENCE northerly, along the westerly side of Nostrand Avenue, 20 18 feet, 19 THENCE westerly, parallel with Rutland Road and part of the distance 20 through party wall 80 feet; 21 THENCE southerly parallel with Nostrand Avenue, 20 feet to the northerly 22 side of Rutland Road; 23 THENCE easterly along the northerly side of Rutland Road, 80 feet to the 24 point or place of BEGINNING. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13167-03-5
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