New York S 9291: Relates to seven day licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the premises; repealer

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S09291 Summary:

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SPONSORCOONEY

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Rpld §63 sub 6, amd §§63, 66 & 105, ABC L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L

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Authorizes the state liquor authority to grant retailers of wine and spirits to operate up to two outlets; establishes the New York distilled spirits and wine industry marketing and promotion fund.

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02/25/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9291

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 seven
 day licenses to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the prem-
 ises; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing
 the New York distilled spirits and wine industry marketing and
 promotion fund; and to repeal certain provisions of the alcoholic
 beverage control law relating thereto

 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 63 of the alcoholic beverage
 2 control law is REPEALED.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law
 4 is amended to read as follows:
 5 5. [Not] Prior to January first, two thousand twenty-six, not more
 6 than one license shall be granted to any person under this section.
 7 Beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty-six, a person
 8 may be granted not more than two additional seven day licenses.
 9 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 66 of the alcoholic beverage control
 10 law, as amended by section 3 of part Z of chapter 85 of the laws of
 11 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 12 5. The annual fee for [a] each license to sell liquor at retail not to
 13 be consumed on the premises where sold shall be thirteen hundred sixty-
 14 six dollars in the counties of New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens; eight
 15 hundred fifty-four dollars in the county of Richmond and in cities
 16 having a population of more than one hundred thousand and less than one
 17 million; and elsewhere the sum of five hundred twelve dollars.
 18 § 4. Subdivision 16 of section 105 of the alcoholic beverage control
 19 law, as amended by chapter 621 of the laws of 1944, is amended to read
 20 as follows:
 21 16. No retail licensee to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises
 22 consumption shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any premises
 23 where liquors, wines or beer are manufactured or sold at wholesale or,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14802-01-6

 S. 9291 2

 1 except as set forth in section sixty-three of this chapter, any other
 2 premises where liquor or wine is sold at retail for off-premises
 3 consumption, by stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or
 4 lien on any personal or real property or by any other means. Any lien,
 5 mortgage or other interest or estate, however, now held by such retailer
 6 on or in the personal or real property of such manufacturer or whole-
 7 saler, which mortgage, lien, interest or estate was acquired on or
 8 before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred thirty-two, shall not be
 9 included within the provisions of this subdivision; provided, however,
 10 the burden of establishing the time of the accrual of the interest
 11 comprehended by this subdivision, shall be upon the person who claims to
 12 be entitled to the protection and exemption afforded hereby.
 13 § 5. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbbb
 14 to read as follows:
 15 § 97-bbbbb. New York distilled spirits and wine industry marketing and
 16 promotion fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of
 17 the commissioner of taxation and finance and the state comptroller a
 18 special fund to be