New York S 4517: Establishes a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on premises in a cigar lounge

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S04517 Summary:

BILL NOS04517 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03749

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRCOONEY, GALLIVAN

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3 & 66, add §64-f, ABC L; add §202-n, Lab L

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Establishes a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on premises in a cigar lounge; defines "cigar lounge"; requires cigar lounges to provide written notification warning employees of the dangers of exposure to tobacco smoke.

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BILL NOS04517 

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4517

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
 and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 establishing a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on
 premises in a cigar lounge; and to amend the labor law, in relation to
 requiring cigar lounges to provide written notification warning
 employees of the dangers of exposure to tobacco smoke

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 7-e to read as follows:
 3 7-e. "Cigar lounge" means any bona fide retail store that: (a) caters
 4 to patrons who purchase and smoke cigars; (b) generates sixty percent or
 5 more of its quarterly adjusted gross revenue from the sale of cigar-re-
 6 lated products, which is limited to cigars, humidors, cigar cutters,
 7 cigar cases, lighters and ashtrays. Revenue from state lottery, mail
 8 order, and internet sales, as well as revenue generated from other
 9 tobacco sales in store, including cigarettes and loose tobacco sales,
 10 shall not be used to determine whether an establishment satisfies the
 11 definition of a cigar lounge; (c) has a humidor on the premises; (d) is
 12 open to the public on a regular basis; (e) has capacity for a minimum of
 13 fifteen patrons; (f) does not allow any person under the age of twenty-
 14 one on the premises unless accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or
 15 adult spouse; (g) does not allow service of food and the smoking of
 16 cigarettes, e-cigarettes, hookah or shisha; and (h) holds a current New
 17 York retail dealer certificate of registration for cigarettes and tobac-
 18 co products. A cigar lounge shall be a permanent structure where stock
 19 is displayed and offered for sale and that has facilities to properly
 20 secure any stock of alcoholic beverages.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05189-01-5

 S. 4517 2

 1 § 2. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 64-f to read as follows:
 3 § 64-f. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on premises
 4 in a cigar lounge. 1. A cigar lounge means a business which meets the
 5 requirements of a cigar lounge as defined in section three of this chap-
 6 ter.
 7 2. Any person currently licensed in New York with a retail dealer
 8 certificate of registration for cigarettes and tobacco products may make
 9 an application to the authority for a license to sell liquor at retail
 10 to be consumed on the premises where sold and such license shall be
 11 issued to all applicants except for good cause shown.
 12 3. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such
 13 information as shall be required by the rules of the liquor authority
 14 and shall be accompanied by a check or draft in the amount required by
 15 this article for such license.
 16 4. Such license shall, in form and in substance, be a license to the
 17 person specifically licensed to sell liquor at retail to be consumed
 18 upon the premises. Such license shall also be deemed to include a
 19 license to sell wine and beer at retail to be consume