New York A 8927: Prohibits licensees from placing a storefront within five hundred feet of certain areas

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A08927 Summary:

BILL NOA08927 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPirozzolo

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §72, Cannabis L

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Prohibits licensees from placing a storefront within five hundred feet of certain areas including child day care centers, or public parks and playgrounds.

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BILL NOA08927 

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07/16/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8927

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting retail
 licensees from placing a storefront within five hundred feet of
 certain areas

 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 72 of the cannabis law is amended
 2 to read as follows:
 3 6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within five
 4 hundred feet of a school grounds as such term is defined in the educa-
 5 tion law, a child day care center as defined in paragraph (c) of subdi-
 6 vision one of section three hundred ninety of the social services law, a
 7 public park or a playground, or within two hundred feet of a house of
 8 worship. For purposes of this subdivision, a "public park" shall mean
 9 any park, playground, or other recreational area under the jurisdiction
 10 of the state or any of its political subdivisions, that is accessible to
 11 the general public and designated as a park by the relevant governmental
 12 authority.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13394-01-5

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