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A 8803: Exempts certain property located in the county of Queens from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 28, 2025

What A 8803 does, verified September 28, 2025

The proposed legislation aims to exempt certain properties from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a specific distance from a place of worship. The exemption applies to a premises located within 200 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship, as long as it is part of a premises selling food or beverages for on-premises consumption. The exemption is limited to a specific plot of land in Queens, bounded by Skillman Avenue, 48th Street, and other streets. The exemption is intended to allow for the sale of alcohol on a premises that is part of a larger complex, including a bakery and other improvements, while maintaining an easement for the owner of the adjacent building. The proposed law will take effect immediately.

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Last action: substituted by s8379 (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8803
What is the current status of A 8803?
As of September 28, 2025, A 8803 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 13, 2025, was "substituted by s8379".
Did A 8803 pass?
Not yet. A 8803 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 8803, and where is it now?
A 8803 was authored by Asm. Claire Valdez.
Recent actions7 total · showing 5
Jun. 13, 2025substituted by s8379
Jun. 12, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.695
Jun. 12, 2025rules report cal.695
Jun. 12, 2025reported
Jun. 11, 2025reported referred to rules
Full action history, 2 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 8, 2025 · 488 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8803 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY June 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- 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 a place of worship 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 constitute 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 Queens, bounded and 11 described as follows: 12 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 13 being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, 14 bounded and described as follows: 15 BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Skillman Avenue, distant 16 44 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the east- 17 erly side of 48th Street, formerly Grosman Avenue, with the southerly 18 side of Skillman Avenue; 19 RUNNING THENCE southerly at right angles to Skillman Avenue and part 20 of the distance through a party wall 74.20 feet; 21 THENCE Easterly parallel with the southerly side of Skillman Avenue, 22 19 feet; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13349-01-5 

 A. 8803 2 1 THENCE northerly again at right angles to Skillman Avenue and part of 2 the distance through a party wall 74.20 feet to the southerly side of 3 Skillman Avenue; 4 THENCE westerly along the southerly side of Skillman Avenue, 19 feet 5 to the point or place of BEGINNING. 6 TOGETHER with the Bakery over and improvement on the property imme- 7 diately adjoining on the East which is subject to an Easement in favor 8 of the owner on the West to maintain an encroachment of a part of the 9 building as it now stands upon the Southwest portion of his premises 10 immediately adjourning on the East more particularly bound and described 11 in Deed dated October 15, 1970, recorded in Reel 433 page 874, by which 12 conveyance title to the premises herein. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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