What's happening
This bill allows a liquor license for on-premises consumption at a specific location in Buffalo, Erie County, near a place of worship.
Why it matters
Creates a specific exception to New York’s usual rule prohibiting liquor licenses near places of worship. , which could set a precedent for similar exceptions elsewhere or encourage more location-based carve-outs in the future.
Targets a single parcel of land in Buffalo, Erie County, allowing a business there to serve liquor despite its proximity to a church or other place of worship. , which could impact both the local business landscape and community relations.
Reflects a balance between economic development (supporting hospitality businesses) and traditional regulatory protections for religious institutions. , highlighting ongoing local debates about neighborhood character and commercial activity near sensitive sites.
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Exception for Alcohol Near Church
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History
- Signed chap.280
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.955
- Substituted for S5095
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.542
- Reported
- Reported referred to codes
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- Reference changed to economic development
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Timothy M. Kennedy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7131
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 10, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-11) to read as follows:
(e-11) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the authority may 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 church, synagogue or other place of worship, provided such premises constitute a premises for the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the premises located wholly within the boundaries of the county of Erie, bounded and described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, and bounded and described as follows: being part of Lot number seventy-one (71), Township eleven (11), Range eight (8) of the Holland Land Company's survey and in a subdivision of part of said lots 71 and 72, made for Main Street Land and Improvement Co., by C.F. Witmer, surveyor, a map of which subdivision is on file in Erie County Clerk's Office under Cover 292. This premises herby conveyed being designated as subdivision lot No. thirtynine (39) in Block "C" and bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the westerly line of Main Street thirty-six and one-half (36-1/2) feet northerly from its intersection with the northerly line of Heath Street (formerly Morton Street). Running thence northerly along said line of Main Street thirty-six and one-half (36-1/2) feet; thence westerly at right angles with said line of Main
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11091-01-9
A. 7131 2
Street to a sixteen (16) foot alley; thence southerly along the easterly line of said alley to a point where a line drawn at right angles with said line of Main Street would intersect said line of Main Street at the place of beginning and thence easterly at right angles with Main Street to the said line of Main Street at the place of beginning.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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