New York S 9543: Provides an exemption for a portion of a certain parcel of land from selling alcohol within a certain distance from a church

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S09543 Summary:

BILL NOS09543 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10525

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §64, ABC L

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Provides an exemption for a certain parcel of land in Manhattan from selling alcohol within a certain distance from a church; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.

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BILL NOS09543 

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03/23/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

04/29/20261ST REPORT CAL.876

05/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10525

&nbspA10525 AMEND= Bores

&nbsp03/06/2026referred to economic development

&nbsp04/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/28/2026reported 

&nbsp04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.429

&nbsp05/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/04/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/04/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

&nbsp05/19/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9543

&nbsp05/19/20263RD READING CAL.876

&nbsp05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/19/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp07/17/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp07/24/2026signed chap.177

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Go to topS09543 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9543

 IN SENATE

 March 23, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
 opment and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to an
 exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
 within a certain distance from a church; and providing for the repeal
 of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 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-18) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (e-18) 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 within two hundred feet of a
 7 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
 8 place of worship, provided such premises constitutes 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 Manhattan, county
 11 of New York, city and state of New York, bounded and described as
 12 follows:
 13 Any licensed retailer located on the first floor and basement of all
 14 that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and
 15 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of
 16 Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, bounded and described as
 17 follows:
 18 BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly side
 19 of Second Avenue with the northerly side of 53rd Street, running thence
 20 Northerly along the westerly side of Second Avenue, 25 feet 5 inches,
 21 thence Westerly and parallel with 53rd Street and through the center of
 22 a party wall, 61 feet 5 inches, thence Southerly parallel with Second
 23 Avenue, 25 feet 5 inches to the northerly side of 53rd Street, and
 24 thence Easterly along the northerly side of 53rd Street, 61 feet 5 inch-
 25 es to the point of place of beginning.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15115-01-6

 S. 9543 2

 1 SAID PREMISES also being known as and by the street address 1003
 2 Second Avenue, New York, New York and designated as Block 1327, Lot 21
 3 as shown on the tax map of the City of New York, County of New York.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 5 upon the sale or transfer of the parcel detailed in paragraph (e-18) of
 6 subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as
 7 added by section one of this act, such paragraph shall expire and be
 8 deemed repealed unless the licensee immediately obtains a leasehold upon
 9 such sale or tr