New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11457: Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a place of worship
Status: Signed into law, July 24, 2026
Exempts certain property within Manhattan in the city of New York from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a building occupied exclusively as a school or place of worship.
What the bill says
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 of a school or place of worship.
From the amended text, May 29, 2026:
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 of a school or place of worship 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-18) to read as follows: (E-18) 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 SCHOOL, 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 MANHATTAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: AS TO THE FEE PARCEL: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, COUNTY, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SIDE OF GREENWICH STREET WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THAMES STREET; RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE …
Sponsors
- Charles Fall (D, 61) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : SIGNED CHAP.179
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.1691
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S10559A
- : REFERRED TO RULES
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.380
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (June 3, 2026): 59 yea, 2 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 3, 2026): 59 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 2, 2026): 29 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 2, 2026): 27 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (June 2, 2026): 137 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: NATURAL RESOURCES; Timber and Timber Harvesting
Common questions
- What is A11457?
- A11457 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a place of worship.
- What does A11457 do?
- In its own words: 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 of a school or place of worship.
- What is the status of A11457?
- Signed into law as of July 24, 2026. Latest action: SIGNED CHAP.179 (July 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11457?
- Charles Fall (D, 61).
- Where is the official record for A11457?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11457
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