S 2521: Relates to the adoption of a good cause for disapproval standard for certain off-premises retail licenses by the liquor authority.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2521 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 the approval of seven day licenses to sell liquor at retail for consump- tion off the premises The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as added by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1965, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 6. Determinations under this section with respect to approving the 5 issuance of a new license or under section one hundred eleven of this 6 chapter with respect to the transfer to any other premises of a license 7 issued hereunder, shall be made [in accordance with public convenience 8 and advantage] unless there is good cause shown for disapproval by the 9 liquor authority. 10 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 79 of the alcoholic beverage control 11 law, as added by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 4. Determinations under this section with respect to approving the 14 issuance of a new license or under section one hundred eleven of this 15 chapter with respect to the transfer to any other premises of a license 16 issued hereunder shall be made [in accordance with public convenience 17 and advantage] unless there is good cause shown for disapproval by the 18 liquor authority. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04805-01-5