New York A 11379: Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

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A11379 Summary:

BILL NOA11379 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08690

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SPONSORRules (Wright)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §64, ABC L

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Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church for a certain premises located in the county of New York.

Go to top A11379 Actions:

BILL NOA11379 

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05/15/2026referred to economic development

06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/03/2026reported referred to rules

06/03/2026reported 

06/03/2026rules report cal.455

06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.455

06/03/2026substituted by s8690

&nbspS08690 AMEND= CLEARE

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

&nbsp05/13/20261ST REPORT CAL.1114

&nbsp05/14/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/18/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/28/2026referred to economic development

&nbsp06/03/2026substituted for a11379

&nbsp06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.455

&nbsp06/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/03/2026returned to senate

&nbsp07/17/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp07/24/2026SIGNED CHAP.182

Go to topA11379 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:30/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickNayFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzNay

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanExcused

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/03/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA11379 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA11379 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11379

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wright) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

 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

 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 located within two hundred
 7 feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue
 8 or other place of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises
 9 for the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the prem-
 10 ises located wholly within the boundaries of the county of New York,
 11 bounded and described as follows:
 12 All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in
 13 the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, designated
 14 on the Tax Map of the City of New York, for the Borough of Manhattan, as
 15 said Tax Map was on June 5, 1973 as Section 7 Block 1912 Lot 30 bounded
 16 and described as follows:
 17 BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Lenox Avenue, distant 20
 18 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the North-
 19 erly line of West 127th Street with the Westerly line of Lenox (formerly
 20 Sixth) Avenue;
 21 RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the Westerly line of Lenox Avenue, 20
 22 feet;
 23 THENCE Westerly parallel with West 127th Street and part of the
 24 distance through a party