New York A 9284: Relates to applications for licenses to sell liquor and wine at grocery stores

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A09284 Summary:

BILL NOA09284 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09032

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SPONSORSeptimo

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§63, 79 & 105, ABC L

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Relates to applications for licenses to sell liquor and wine at grocery stores and off-premises consumption of liquors and/or wines at grocery stores.

Go to top A09284 Actions:

BILL NOA09284 

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11/21/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9284

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 applications for licenses to sell liquor and wine at grocery stores

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

 1 Section 1. Section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
 3 5-a. Notwithstanding subdivisions four and five of this section, any
 4 person may make an application for a license to sell liquor at a grocery
 5 store.
 6 § 2. Section 79 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
 7 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 8 5. Notwithstanding subdivisions two and three of this section, any
 9 person may make an application for a license to sell wine at a grocery
 10 store.
 11 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 and subdivision 16 of section 105
 12 of the alcoholic beverage control law, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 as
 13 amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2007 and subdivision 16 as amended
 14 by chapter 621 of the laws of 1944, are amended to read as follows:
 15 (a) No retail license to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises
 16 consumption shall be granted for any premises which shall be located on
 17 the same street or avenue, and within two hundred feet of a building
 18 occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of
 19 worship; the measurements to be taken in a straight line from the center
 20 of the nearest entrance to the building used for such school, church,
 21 synagogue or other place of worship to the center of the nearest
 22 entrance of the premises to be licensed; except, however, that no
 23 license shall be denied to any premises at which a license under this
 24 chapter has been in existence continuously from a date prior to the date
 25 when a building on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14103-01-5

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 1 of said premises has been occupied exclusively as a school, church,
 2 synagogue or other place of worship. Notwithstanding any provisions of
 3 this subdivision to the contrary, such restrictions shall not apply to
 4 any grocery stores with a valid wholesaler's license issued pursuant to
 5 section fifty-three of this chapter in operation prior to January first,
 6 two thousand twenty-five.
 7 16. No retail licensee to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises
 8 consumption shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any premises
 9 where liquors, wines or beer are manufactured or sold at wholesale or
 10 any other premises where liquor or wine is sold at retail for off-prem-
 11 ises consumption, by stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage
 12 or lien on any personal or real property or by any other means;
 13 provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall apply to a
 14 retail license to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises consumption
 15 at a grocery store. Any lien, mortgage or other interest or estate,
 16 however, now held by such retailer on or in the personal or real proper-
 17 ty of such manufacturer or wholesaler, which mortgage, lien, interest or
 18 estate was acquired on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
 19 thirty-two, shall not be included within the provisions of this subdivi-
 20 sion; provided, however, t