Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
Summary
Allows the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Aug 2025
Introduced May 22, 2025
Signed Aug 22, 2025
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MINOR
This bill amends New York's alcoholic beverage control law to expand eligibility for on-premises liquor licenses in Brooklyn. The change allows licenses to be issued for premises located within 200 feet of schools in addition to places of worship, while maintaining the existing restriction for churches and synagogues.
Scope change
The bill expands the geographic scope of license eligibility in Brooklyn by adding schools to the list of protected properties near which liquor licenses can be issued.
ELIGIBILITY
Added schools to the list of protected properties (previously only churches, synagogues, and other places of worship) near which on-premises liquor licenses can be issued in Brooklyn.
REQUIREMENT
Updated the distance requirement from 200 feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue, or other place of worship to 200 feet of a building occupied as a school, church, synagogue, or other place of worship.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly Jun 9, 2025
How they voted
58–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 12, 2025
D
Democratic41
90% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Aug 22, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.348
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 27, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8639A
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
May 22, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
DDemocratic
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