S 8477: Relates to the provision of on-premises alcohol consumption licenses; provides such licenses may be provided if the owner or administrator of a school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively provides support for the issuance of such license and such license would have been denied only for the proximity to such buildings.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8477 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE August 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- 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 the provision of on-premises alcohol consumption licenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alco- 2 holic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of 3 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a 5 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 6 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a 7 retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located 8 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be 9 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, 10 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra- 11 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively 12 provides support for the issuance of such license; or 13 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 14 64-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of 15 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 16 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a 17 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 18 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a 19 special license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located 20 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be 21 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, 22 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra- 23 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively 24 provides support for the issuance of such license; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13632-01-5 
 S. 8477 2 1 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 2 64-b of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of 3 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a 5 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 6 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a 7 bottle club license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not 8 located within a city with a population of one million or more, which 9 shall be within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a 10 school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or 11 administrator of such school, church, or other place of worship affir- 12 matively provides support for the issuance of such license; or 13 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section 14 64-c of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of 15 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 16 (i) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a 17 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 18 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a 19 restaurant-brewer license for on-premises consumption for a premises, 20 not located within a city with a population of one million or more, 21 which shall be within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusive- 22 ly as a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the 23 owner or administrator of such school, church, or other place of 24 worship affirmatively provides support for the issuance of such license; 25 or 26 § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 64-d of the alcoholic 27 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws of 2009, is 28 amended to read as follows: 29 (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a 30 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other 31 place of worship; provided, however, that the authority may issue a 32 cabaret license for on-premises consumption for a premises, not located 33 within a city with a population of one million or more, which shall be 34 within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, 35 church, synagogue, or other place of worship if the owner or administra- 36 tor of such school, church, or other place of worship affirmatively 37 provides support for the issuance of such license; or 38 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.