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This bill exempts additional specific parcels of land in Buffalo and surrounding areas from state alcohol license interest restrictions.
Why it matters
Expands opportunities for business development and revitalization. By exempting additional specific parcels in Buffalo, Williamsville, Clarence, and surrounding Erie County areas from state alcohol license interest restrictions, the bill encourages investment in restaurants, entertainment venues, and hospitality projects that may be stymied by current tied-house laws.
Responds to local economic and cultural needs. The targeted nature of these exemptions—focusing on urban, suburban, and parkland parcels—suggests a response to local requests for more flexible liquor licensing, potentially supporting neighborhood revitalization, tourism, and the adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
Potentially increases competition and consumer choice. Allowing more businesses to be established on these exempted parcels could increase the number and diversity of establishments offering alcoholic beverages, benefiting consumers and enhancing the local nightlife and dining scenes.
Maintains overall regulatory framework while providing tailored relief. The bill does not eliminate tied-house restrictions statewide, but rather creates narrow, site-specific carve-outs—which may serve as a precedent for future requests in other localities, or signal a gradual shift in how New York approaches alcohol regulation in support of economic growth.
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Expand Liquor License Land Exemptions
In Assembly Committee · Economic Development · Sponsor Chris Jacobs
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8330
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 8, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to exempting certain parcels of land from the provisions of law which generally restrict manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from sharing an interest in a liquor license
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (x) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 101 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as added by chapter 318 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subparagraph (xi) is added to read as follows:
(x) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester and State of New York, being bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Saw Mill River Road where the same is intersected by the division line between premises hereinafter described and lands now or formerly of One Riverdale Ave. Development Co., Inc., said point being North 11 Degrees 23' 24" West 22.83 feet from the former North East corner of Saw Mill River Road and Hunter Lane;
THENCE along said division line, North 82 Degrees 18' 00" East 647.08 feet to land now or formerly of One Riverdale Ave. Development Co., Inc.;
THENCE northerly along same, North 7 Degrees 42' 00" West 351.52 feet and North 10 Degrees 15' 00" West 282.50 feet to the southeast corner of lands now or formerly of Hodes Daniels;
THENCE westerly along same, South 80 Degrees 34' 00" West 85.00 feet, South 9 Degrees 26' 00" East 40.52 feet, South 80 Degrees 35' 00" West 120.56 feet, and South 81 Degrees 15' 00" West 485.74 feet to the east side of Saw Mill River Road;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THENCE southerly along same, South 18 Degrees 17' 40" East 150.40 feet and South 11 Degrees 23' 24" East 431.17 feet to the point of BEGIN- NING[.]; or
(xi) ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, together with building and improvements erected thereon, situate in the City of Buffalo, county of Erie and State of New York, being Lots Nos, 1 to 10 inclusive and Lots Nos. 23 to 32 inclusive, in Block "I", of the Subdivision of a part of Lot 88, Black Rock, Township 11, Range I of the Holland Land Company's Survey, as shown on Cover Map No. 196, filed in the Erie County Clerk's Office, Buffalo, New York and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly line of Chandler Street and the easterly line of Manton Place, said point of beginning being also the northwesterly corner of Lot No 1 in the above referred to subdivision, running thence southerly along the easterly line of Manton Place a distance of 280 feet to the northerly line of Grote Street, which point is also the southwesterly corner of Lot No. 23 in the above referred to subdivision; thence easterly along the northerly line of Grote Street, 303.16 feet more or less to the easterly line or Lot No. 32 in said subdivision, which point is also the southwesterly corner of lands owned now or formerly by Anthony Young and Caroline Young, his wife; thence northerly along the easterly line of Lots 32 and 10, being also along the westerly line of land now or formerly of Anthony Young and wife and lands of Barcola Manufacturing Company a distance of 280 feet, more or less, to the southerly line of Chandler Street, said point being also the northeasterly corner of Lot No. 10 and the northwesterly corner of lands now or formerly of Barcola Manufacturing Company; thence westerly along the southerly side of Chandler Street a distance of 306.70 feet more or less to the easterly line of Manton Place, the point and place of beginning, containing 1.96 acres of land, being the same more or less.
§ 2. Subdivision 13 of section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as separately amended by chapters 303 and 318 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
13. No retail licensee for on-premises consumption shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any premises where liquors, wines or beer are manufactured or sold at wholesale, by stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien on any personal or real property or by any other means, except that liquors, wines or beer may be manufactured or sold wholesale by the person licensed as a manufacturer or wholesaler thereof on real property owned by an interstate railroad corporation or a United States certificated airline with a retail license for on-premises consumption, or on premises or with respect to a business constituting an overnight lodging and resort facility located wholly within the boundaries of the town of North Elba, county of Essex, township eleven, Richard's survey, great lot numbers two hundred seventy-eight, two hundred seventy-nine, two hundred eight, two hundred ninety-eight, two hundred ninety-nine, three hundred, three hundred eighteen, three hundred nineteen, three hundred twenty, three hundred thirty-five and three hundred thirty-six, and township twelve, Thorn's survey, great lot numbers one hundred six and one hundred thirteen, as shown on the Adirondack map, compiled by the conservation department of the state of New York - nineteen hundred sixty-four edition, in the Essex county atlas at page twenty-seven in the Essex county clerk's office, Elizabethtown, New York, provided that such facility maintains not less than two hundred fifty rooms and suites for overnight lodging, or on premises or with respect to the operation of a restaurant in an
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office building located in a city having a population of five hundred thousand or more and in which is located the licensed premises of such manufacturer or wholesaler, provided that the building, the interior of the retail premise and the rental therefor fully comply with the criteria set forth in paragraph two of subdivision three of section one hundred one of this article, any such premises or business located on that tract or parcel of land, or any subdivision thereof, situate in the Village of Lake Placid, Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York; it being also a part of Lot No. 279, Township No. 11, Old Military Tract, Richard's Survey; it being also all of Lot No. 23 and part of Lot No. 22 as shown and designated on a certain map entitled "Map of Building Sites for Sale by B.R. Brewster" made by G.T. Chellis C.E. in 1892; also being PARCEL No. 1 on a certain map of lands of Robert J. Mahoney and wife made by G.C. Sylvester, P.E. & L.S. # 21300, dated August 4, 1964, and filed in the Essex County Clerk's Office on August 27, 1964, and more particularly bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at the intersection of the northerly bounds of Shore Drive (formerly Mirror Street) with the westerly bounds of Park Place (formerly Rider Street) which point is also the northeast corner of Lot No. 23, from thence South 21°50' East in the westerly bounds of Park Place a distance of 119 feet, more or less, to a lead plug in the edge of the sidewalk marking the southeast corner of Lot No. 23 and the northeast corner of Lot No. 24; from thence South 68°00'50" West a distance of 50.05 feet to an iron pipe set in concrete at the corner of Lots 23 and 22; from thence South 65°10'50" West a distance of 7.94 feet along the south line of Lot No. 22 to an iron pipe for a corner; from thence North 23°21'40" West and at 17.84 feet along said line passing over a drill hole in a concrete sidewalk, and at 68.04 feet further along said line passing over an iron pipe at the southerly edge of another sidewalk, and at 1.22 feet further along said line passing over another drill hole in a sidewalk, a total distance of 119 feet, more or less, to the northerly line of Lot No. 22; from thence easterly in the northerly line of Lot 22 and 23 to the northeast corner of Lot No. 23 and the point of beginning. Also including the lands to the center of Shore Drive included between the northerly straight line continuation of the side lines of the above described parcel, and to the center of Park Place, where they abut the above described premises SUBJECT to the use thereof for street purposes. Being the same premises conveyed by Morestuff, Inc. to Madeline Sellers by deed dated June 30, 1992, recorded in the Essex County Clerk's Office on July 10, 1992 in Book 1017 of Deeds at Page 318, or any such premises or business located on that certain piece or parcel of land, or any subdivision thereof, situate, lying and being in the Town of Plattsburgh, County of Clinton, State of New York and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Starting at an iron pipe found in the easterly bounds of the highway known as the Old Military Turnpike, said iron pipe being located 910.39 feet southeasterly, as measured along the easterly bounds of said highway, from the southerly bounds of the roadway known as Industrial Parkway West, THENCE running S 31° 54' 33" E along the easterly bounds of said Old Military Turnpike Extension, 239.88 feet to a point marking the beginning of a curve concave to the west; thence southerly along said curve, having a radius of 987.99 feet, 248.12 feet to an iron pipe found marking the point of beginning for the parcel herein being described, said point also marked the southerly corner of lands of Larry Garrow, et al, as described in Book 938 of Deeds at page 224; thence N 07° 45' 4" E along the easterly bounds of said Garrow, 748.16 feet to a 3"x4" concrete monument marking the northeasterly
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corner of said Garrow, the northwesterly corner of the parcel herein being described and said monument also marking the southerly bounds of lands of Salerno Plastic Corp. as described in Book 926 of Deeds at Page 186; thence S 81° 45' 28" E along a portion of the southerly bounds of said Salerno Plastic Corp., 441.32 feet to an iron pin found marking the northeasterly corner of the parcel herein being described and also marking the northwest corner of the remaining lands now or formerly owned by said Marx and Delaura; thence S 07° 45' 40" W along the Westerly bounds of lands now of formerly of said Marx and DeLaura and along the easterly bounds of the parcel herein being described, 560.49 feet to an iron pin; thence N 83° 43' 21" W along a portion of the remaining lands of said Marx and DeLaura, 41.51 feet to an iron pin; thence S 08° 31' 30" W, along a portion of the remaining lands of said Marx and Delaura, 75.01 feet to an iron pin marking northeasterly corner of lands currently owned by the Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Plattsburgh and Clinton County, Inc. as described in Book 963 of Deeds at Page 313; thence N 82° 20' 32" W along a portion of the northerly bounds of said J.C.E.O., 173.50 feet to an iron pin; thence 61° 21' 12" W, continuing along a portion of the northerly bounds of said J.C.E.O., 134.14 feet to an iron pin; thence S 07° 45' 42" W along the westerly bounds of said J.C.E.O., 50 feet to an iron pin; thence S 66° 48' 56" W along a portion of the northerly bounds of remaining lands of said Marx and DeLaura, 100.00 feet to an iron pipe found on the easterly bounds of the aforesaid highway, said from pipe also being located on a curve concave to the west; thence running and running northerly along the easterly bounds of the aforesaid highway and being along said curve, with the curve having a radius of 987.93 feet, 60.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 6.905 acres of land. Being the same premises as conveyed to Ronald Marx and Alice Marx by deed of CIT Small Business Lending Corp., as agent of the administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, an agency of the United States Government dated September 10, 2001 and recorded in the office of the Clinton County Clerk on September 21, 2001 as Instrument #135020, or any such premises or businesses located on that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Second Ward of the City of Schenectady, on the Northerly side of Union Street, bounded and described as follows: to wit; Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of the lands lately owned by Elisha L. Freeman and now by Albert Shear; and running from thence Easterly along the line of Union Street, 44 feet to the lands now owned by or in the possession of James G. Van Vorst; thence Northerly in a straight line along the last mentioned lands and the lands of the late John Lake, 102 feet to the lands of one Miss Rodgers; thence Westerly along the line of the last mentioned lands of said Rodgers to the lands of the said Shear; and thence Southerly along the lands of said Shear 101 feet, 6 inches to Union Street, the place of beginning.
Also all that tract or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, situate in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady, and State of New York, situate in the First, formerly the Second Ward of the said City, on the Northerly side of Union Street, which was conveyed by William Meeker and wife to Elisha L. Freeman by deed dated the second day of December 1843, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Schenectady County on December 5, 1843, in Book V of Deeds at page 392, which lot in said deed is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the Northerly line of Union Street where it is intersected by the Easterly line of property numbered 235 Union Street, which is hereby conveyed, and running thence Northerly along the Easterly line of said
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property, One Hundred Forty and Five-tenths (140.5) feet to a point sixteen (16) feet Southerly from the Southerly line of the new garage built upon land adjoining on the North; thence Westerly parallel with said garage, Forty-six and Seven-tenths (46.7) feet; thence Southerly One Hundred Forty and Eighty-tenths (140.8) feet to the Northerly margin of Union Street; thence Easterly along the Northerly margin of Union Street, about Forty-eight and three-tenths (48.3) feet to the point or place of beginning.
The two above parcels are together more particularly described as follows:
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