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S 8315: 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 S 8315 does, verified September 28, 2025
The proposed law would allow the sale of liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the borough of Brooklyn, specifically in a designated area. This area is bounded by Norstrand Avenue and Rutland Road, and is located within 200 feet of a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship. The authority may issue a retail license for on-premises consumption within this area, provided the premises also sell food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises. The law would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8639A (2025-06-12)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8315
- What is the current status of S 8315?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8315 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 12, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A8639A".
- Did S 8315 pass?
- Not yet. S 8315 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8315, and where is it now?
- S 8315 was authored by Sen. James Sanders.
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| Jun. 12, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A8639A |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1928 |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | REFERRED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 2, 2025 · 361 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8315 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. LBD13167-02-5
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