Bill Text: NY A01944 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends the size of areas for which granting on-premises retail licenses is restricted: extends from 200 feet to 350 feet the area around certain listed buildings (i.e., any building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship) in which a retail license for on-premises consumption may not be granted, and adds community center and senior citizens' center to list of protected buildings around which such licenses are so restricted; for cities, towns and villages of 20,000 or more, increases the distance from 3 or more existing premises for which a license for a premises cannot be granted except under certain limited specified circumstances (i.e., changes current rule that a retail license for on-premises consumption shall not be granted for a premises that is within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises, to provide that a retail license for on-premises consumption shall not be granted for a premises that is within 650 feet of 3 or more existing premises); provides that with respect to the limited, specified circumstances under which a license may be granted for a premises located within 650 feet of 3 or more of existing premises, an on-site visit by the authority to investigate the premises seeking the license and the surrounding neighborhood is required.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to economic development [A01944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01944-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1944
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development
        AN  ACT  to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
          granting of retail licenses for on-premises consumption
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  7  of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage
     2  control law, as amended by chapter 463 of the laws  of  2009,  paragraph
     3  (e-4)  as  added  by chapter 421 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (e-5) as
     4  added by chapter 110 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (e-5)  as  added  by
     5  chapter 192 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (e-6) as added by chapter 100
     6  of the laws of 2014, paragraph (e-6) as added by chapter 457 of the laws
     7  of  2014,  paragraph  (e-7) as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 2015,
     8  paragraph (e-7) as added by chapter 450 of the laws of  2015,  paragraph
     9  (e-8)  as  added  by chapter 349 of the laws of 2016, paragraph (e-9) as
    10  added by chapter 362 of the laws of 2017, paragraph (e-9)  as  added  by
    11  chapter  482  of  the laws of 2017, paragraph (e-10) as added by chapter
    12  240 of the laws of 2018 and paragraph (f) as amended by chapter  185  of
    13  the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    14    7.  No retail license for on-premises consumption shall be granted for
    15  any premises which shall be
    16    (a) on the same street or avenue and within [two] three hundred  fifty
    17  feet  of  a building occupied exclusively as a school, community center,
    18  senior citizens' center, church, synagogue or other place of worship or
    19    (b) in a city, town or village having a population of twenty  thousand
    20  or  more  within [five] six hundred fifty feet of three or more existing
    21  premises licensed and operating pursuant to this  section  and  sections
    22  sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c,  and/or sixty-four-d of this
    23  article;
    24    (c) the measurements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision are
    25  to be taken in straight lines from the center of the nearest entrance of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04626-01-9

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     1  the premises sought to be licensed to the center of the nearest entrance
     2  of such school, community center, senior citizens' center, church, syna-
     3  gogue or other place of worship or to the center of the nearest entrance
     4  of  each  such  premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section
     5  and sections sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c,  and/or  sixty-
     6  four-d  of  this article; except, however, that no renewal license shall
     7  be denied because of such restriction to any premises so  located  which
     8  were maintained as a bona fide hotel, restaurant, catering establishment
     9  or  club  on  or prior to December fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-three;
    10  and, except that no license shall be denied to any premises at  which  a
    11  license  under  this  chapter  has been in existence continuously from a
    12  date prior to the date when a building on the same street or avenue  and
    13  within  two  hundred feet of said premises has been occupied exclusively
    14  as a school, community center, senior citizens'  center,  church,  syna-
    15  gogue  or  other  place  of worship; and except that no license shall be
    16  denied to any premises, which is within five hundred feet  of  three  or
    17  more  existing  premises licensed and operating pursuant to this section
    18  and sections sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c,  and/or  sixty-
    19  four-d  of  this article, at which a license under this chapter has been
    20  in existence continuously  on  or  prior  to  November  first,  nineteen
    21  hundred  ninety-three;  and  except  that  this subdivision shall not be
    22  deemed to restrict the issuance of a hotel liquor license to a  building
    23  used  as  a  hotel  and  in  which a restaurant liquor license currently
    24  exists for premises which serve as a dining room for guests of the hotel
    25  and a caterer's license to a person using the permanent catering facili-
    26  ties of a church, synagogue or other place  of  worship  pursuant  to  a
    27  written  agreement  between such person and the authorities in charge of
    28  such facilities. The liquor authority, in its discretion, may  authorize
    29  the removal of any such licensed premises to a different location on the
    30  same street or avenue, within two hundred feet of said school, community
    31  center,  senior  citizens'  center,  church, synagogue or other place of
    32  worship, provided that such new location is not within a closer distance
    33  to such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.
    34    (d) Within the context of this subdivision, the word "entrance"  shall
    35  mean  a  door  of a school, of a community center, of a senior citizens'
    36  center, of a house of worship, or of  premises  licensed  and  operating
    37  pursuant  to  this  section  and  sections  sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,
    38  sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article  or  of  the  premises
    39  sought to be licensed, regularly used to give ingress to students of the
    40  school,  to  the  general public visiting the community center or senior
    41  citizens' center, to the general public attending the place of  worship,
    42  and to patrons or guests of the premises licensed and operating pursuant
    43  to  this  section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c,
    44  and/or sixty-four-d of this article or of  the  premises  sought  to  be
    45  licensed,  except  that  where  a school or house of worship or premises
    46  licensed  and  operating  pursuant  to   this   section   and   sections
    47  sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c,  and/or sixty-four-d of this
    48  article or the premises sought to be licensed is set back from a  public
    49  thoroughfare,  the  walkway  or stairs leading to any such door shall be
    50  deemed an entrance; and the measurement shall be taken to the center  of
    51  the  walkway  or stairs at the point where it meets the building line or
    52  public thoroughfare. A door which has no exterior hardware, or which  is
    53  used  solely  as an emergency or fire exit, or for maintenance purposes,
    54  or which leads directly to a part of a building not  regularly  used  by
    55  the general public or patrons, is not deemed an "entrance".

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     1    (d-1) Within the context of this subdivision, a building occupied as a
     2  place  of worship does not cease to be "exclusively" occupied as a place
     3  of worship by incidental uses that are not of a nature to  detract  from
     4  the  predominant  character  of the building as a place of worship, such
     5  uses which include, but which are not limited to: the conduct of legally
     6  authorized  games  of  bingo or other games of chance held as a means of
     7  raising  funds  for  the  not-for-profit  religious  organization  which
     8  conducts  services  at  the place of worship or for other not-for-profit
     9  organizations or groups; use of the building for  fund-raising  perform-
    10  ances  by or benefitting the not-for-profit religious organization which
    11  conducts services at the place of worship or other not-for-profit organ-
    12  izations or groups; the use of the building by other religious organiza-
    13  tions or groups for religious services or other purposes; the conduct of
    14  social activities by or for the benefit of the congregants; the  use  of
    15  the  building  for  meetings  held  by organizations or groups providing
    16  bereavement counseling to persons having suffered the loss  of  a  loved
    17  one,  or  providing advice or support for conditions or diseases includ-
    18  ing, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug  addiction,  cancer,  cerebral
    19  palsy,  Parkinson's  disease,  or  Alzheimer's  disease;  the use of the
    20  building for blood drives, health screenings, health  information  meet-
    21  ings,  yoga  classes,  exercise  classes or other activities intended to
    22  promote the health of the congregants or other persons; and use  of  the
    23  building  by  non-congregant members of the community for private social
    24  functions. The building occupied as a place of worship does not cease to
    25  be "exclusively" occupied as a place of worship where the not-for-profit
    26  religious organization  occupying  the  place  of  worship  accepts  the
    27  payment  of  funds to defray costs related to another party's use of the
    28  building.
    29    (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter  to  the  contrary,
    30  the  authority  may  issue  a  license  to  sell  liquor at retail to be
    31  consumed on premises to a club as such term is  defined  in  subdivision
    32  nine  of  section  three  of this chapter whether or not the building in
    33  which the premises for which such license is to be issued is used exclu-
    34  sively for club purposes and whether or  not  such  premises  is  within
    35  [two]  three  hundred  fifty  feet  of  a building used exclusively as a
    36  school, community center, senior citizens' center, church, synagogue  or
    37  place  of  worship  if  such  club is affiliated or associated with such
    38  school, community center, senior citizens' center, church, synagogue  or
    39  place  of  worship  and  the  governing  body  of such school, community
    40  center, senior citizens' center, church, synagogue  or  other  place  of
    41  worship  has  filed  written  notice  with  the authority that it has no
    42  objection to the issuance of such license.
    43    (e-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    44  sion, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises  consump-
    45  tion for a premises which shall be within two hundred feet of a building
    46  occupied  exclusively  as a church, synagogue or other place of worship,
    47  provided such premises constitutes a premises for the sale  of  food  or
    48  beverages  at retail for consumption on the premises and/or an overnight
    49  lodging facility located wholly within the boundaries of the borough  of
    50  Manhattan  in  the city and county of New York, bounded and described as
    51  follows:
    52    BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of 49th Street, distant 160
    53  feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the souther-
    54  ly side of 49th Street with the easterly side  of  8th  Avenue;  running
    55  thence  southerly,  parallel  with  8th  Avenue and part of the distance
    56  through a party wall, 100 feet 5 inches to the center line of the  block

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     1  between  48th and 49th Streets; thence easterly along the center line of
     2  the block, 40 feet; thence northerly, parallel with 8th Avenue and  part
     3  of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet 5 inches to the southerly
     4  side  of  49th  Street; thence westerly along the southerly side of 49th
     5  Street, 40 feet to the point or place of beginning.  Premises  known  as
     6  240  and  242  West  49th Street, New York City. Being the same premises
     7  described in deed made by Hotel Mayfair Inc. to Harry  Etkin  and  Freda
     8  Rubin, dated 1/23/50 and recorded 1/27/50 in liber 4657 Cp. 250.
     9    (e-2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    10  sion,  the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises consump-
    11  tion for a premises which shall be within two hundred feet of a building
    12  occupied exclusively as a church, synagogue or other place  of  worship,
    13  provided  such  premises  constitutes a premises for the sale of food or
    14  beverages at retail for consumption on the premises located wholly with-
    15  in the boundaries of the county of  Ulster,  bounded  and  described  as
    16  follows:
    17    ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and
    18  improvements  erected  thereon,  situated  in the Village of Ellenville,
    19  Town of Wawarsing, County of Ulster and State of New York, being further
    20  bounded and described as follows:
    21    Beginning at a three-quarter inch  diameter  iron  rod  found  on  the
    22  southwesterly  bounds  of Canal Street, marking the northeasterly corner
    23  of the lands, now or formerly, John Georges, as described in liber  2645
    24  of deeds at page 278.
    25    Thence  along  the  southeasterly bounds of the lands of John Georges,
    26  passing 1.42 feet northwesterly from the  southwesterly  corner  of  the
    27  building  situated  on  the premises described herein, South thirty-nine
    28  degrees, forty-one minutes, fifty-two seconds West,  one  hundred  fifty
    29  and  zero  hundredths  feet (S 39-41-52 W, 150.00') to the northeasterly
    30  bounds of the lands, now or formerly, Thomas  Powers,  as  described  in
    31  liber  1521  of deeds at page 749. Thence along the northeasterly bounds
    32  of the lands of Thomas Powers, South fifty degrees, thirty-nine minutes,
    33  sixteen seconds East, twenty-eight and zero hundredths feet (S  50-39-16
    34  E, 28.00').
    35    Thence  passing  1.92 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly corner
    36  of the building situated on the premises described herein.  North  thir-
    37  ty-nine  degrees, forty-one minutes, fifty-two seconds East, one hundred
    38  fifty and zero hundredths feet (N 39-41-52 E, 150.00') to the  southwes-
    39  terly bounds of Canal Street.
    40    Thence  along  the  southwesterly  bounds of Canal Street, North fifty
    41  degrees, thirty-nine minutes, sixteen  seconds  West,  twenty-eight  and
    42  zero hundredths feet (N 50-39-16 W, 28.00') to the point of beginning.
    43    Containing 4,199.92 square feet of land or 0.0996 of an acre of land.
    44    Being  the  same  premises as conveyed by deed dated September 2, 1999
    45  from Chris M. Camio as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of  Alice
    46  Manzo  to  Bill Lelbach, John Eckert, Jeffrey Schneider, Jack Harris and
    47  Alfred S. Dannhauser and recorded in the Ulster County Clerk's Office on
    48  September 15, 1999 in Liber 2966 at page 291.
    49    The undivided interests of John Harris and Alfred S. Dannhauser having
    50  been conveyed to Bill Lelbach by deed dated August 21, 2001 and recorded
    51  in the Ulster County Clerk's Office in Liber 3213 p 65.
    52    (e-3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    53  sion, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises  consump-
    54  tion for a premises which shall be within [two] three hundred fifty feet
    55  of  a  building occupied exclusively as a school, provided such premises
    56  constitutes a premises for the sale of food or beverages at  retail  for

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     1  consumption on the premises and/or an overnight lodging facility located
     2  wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Manhattan in the city and
     3  county of New York, bounded and described as follows:
     4    Beginning  at  a  point  on the southerly side of 46th street, distant
     5  three hundred fifty (350) feet westerly from the corner  formed  by  the
     6  intersection of the westerly side of Sixth Avenue with the said souther-
     7  ly  side of 46th street. Running thence southerly parallel with the said
     8  westerly side of Sixth Avenue and for part of  the  distance  through  a
     9  party  wall,  one  hundred  (100)  feet four (4) inches; thence westerly
    10  parallel with the southerly side  of  46th  street,  eighty  (80)  feet;
    11  thence  northerly again parallel with the westerly side of Sixth Avenue,
    12  one hundred (100) feet four (4) inches to the  southerly  side  of  46th
    13  street;  and  thence  easterly  along  the  said  southerly side of 46th
    14  street, eighty (80) feet to the point or place  of  beginning.  Premises
    15  known  as  130  West 46th Street, New York City. Being the same premises
    16  described in deed made by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to
    17  West 46th Street Hotel, LLC, dated 12/22/06 and recorded 2/06/07 in  the
    18  Office  of  the  City  Register, New York County, on February 6, 2007 as
    19  CFRN 2007000069808.
    20    (e-4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    21  sion, the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises  consump-
    22  tion  for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a
    23  building occupied exclusively as a church, synagogue or other  place  of
    24  worship,  provided  such premises constitutes a premises for the sale of
    25  food or beverages at retail for  consumption  on  the  premises  located
    26  wholly  within  the  boundaries  of  the  county  of Ulster, bounded and
    27  described as follows:
    28    THOSE THREE BUILDING LOTS situate on the northeasterly side  of  Union
    29  Avenue  in  the  city  of  Kingston, between Thomas and Cornell Streets,
    30  known and distinguished upon a map of the property of the estate of said
    31  Thomas Cornell made by B.B. Codwise, Civil Engineer, bearing date  April
    32  11th,  1888,  as  lot  five (5) six (6) and seven (7) upon said map, and
    33  bounded and described as follows:
    34    BEGINNING at the west corner of lot seven which is also the corner  of
    35  Cornell  Street,  where  it  intersects with Union Avenue, and runs from
    36  thence in the southerly bounds of Cornell Street, N. 48 degrees 10' east
    37  the distance of one hundred and thirty-eight (138) feet,  to  the  south
    38  bounds  of lot (8) eight as laid down upon said map, thence along in the
    39  south bounds of lot (8) aforesaid S. 41 degrees 50' east along the  rear
    40  of  lots  seven,  six  and  five (7, 6 & 5) as aforesaid the distance of
    41  seventy-two (72) feet to a lot of land  owned  by  Max  Oppenheimer  and
    42  known  on  said map as lot four (4); thence in the division line between
    43  lot four and five as laid down upon said map, south 48  degrees  10'  W.
    44  one  hundred  and  twenty-two (122) feet, and fifty-four hundredths of a
    45  foot (122 54/100 feet) to the northeasterly bounds of said Union Avenue;
    46  thence along in said northeasterly bounds of said Union Avenue north  53
    47  degrees  57' west along the front of said lots five, six and seven (5, 6
    48  & 7) the distance of seventy-three feet and sixty-five hundredths  of  a
    49  foot  (73  65/100  feet)  to  the place of beginning; and a part of said
    50  premises being a part of the same that was conveyed to Thomas Cornell by
    51  Jansen Hasbrouck and wife bearing date March 3, 1877 and recorded in the
    52  office of the Clerk of Ulster County in book No. 204 of  deeds  at  page
    53  403  March 6th, 1877, the balance of the property hereinbefore described
    54  and herein intended to be conveyed was conveyed  to  Thomas  Cornell  by
    55  James E. Ostrander and wife by deed bearing date February 8th, 1869, and

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     1  recorded  in  Ulster  County Clerk's Office in book 175 of deeds at page
     2  29, February 6th, 1872.
     3    (e-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
     4  sion,  the authority may issue a retail license for on-premises consump-
     5  tion for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of  a
     6  building  occupied  exclusively  as  a  school,  provided  such premises
     7  constitute a premises for the sale of food or beverages  at  retail  for
     8  consumption  on the premises located wholly within the boundaries of the
     9  borough of Brooklyn in the county of Kings and the  city  of  New  York,
    10  bounded and described as follows:
    11    Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Washington Avenue distant
    12  636.45  feet  southerly  from  the intersection of the southerly side of
    13  Eastern Parkway and westerly side of Washington Avenue, said point being
    14  the point of beginning; Running thence southerly along the westerly side
    15  of Washington Avenue, a distance of 345.43 feet; thence  westerly  along
    16  the  line  forming  an  interior  angle  with  the previous course of 90
    17  degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 122.68 feet; Thence  north-
    18  erly  along  the line forming an interior angle with the previous course
    19  of 58 degrees 50 minutes 53 seconds, a distance of 123.94  feet;  Thence
    20  northerly  along  the  line  forming an exterior angle with the previous
    21  course of 159 degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds, a distance of  36.59  feet;
    22  Thence  northerly  along  the  line  forming  an exterior angle with the
    23  previous course of 169 degrees 36 minutes  23  seconds,  a  distance  of
    24  26.26  feet;  Thence  westerly  along the line forming an exterior angle
    25  with the previous course  of  123  degrees  49  minutes  33  seconds,  a
    26  distance  of  58.57 feet; Thence southwesterly along the line forming an
    27  exterior angle with the previous course of 129  degrees  53  minutes  13
    28  seconds, a distance of 108.38 feet; Thence westerly, a distance of 84.05
    29  feet  along a curve to the right, which has a radius of 192.59 feet, and
    30  having a central angle of 25°00'14";  Thence  westerly,  a  distance  of
    31  58.94  feet  along  a  curve  to the right, which has a radius of 181.42
    32  feet, and having a  central  angle  of  18°36'54".  Thence  westerly,  a
    33  distance  of  354.56  feet;  Thence  northerly along the line forming an
    34  interior angle with the previous course of  90  degrees  14  minutes  09
    35  seconds, a distance of 114.49 feet; Thence easterly along the line form-
    36  ing an exterior angle with the previous course of 286 degrees 53 minutes
    37  22  seconds,  a  distance  of  7.54 feet; Thence easterly along the line
    38  forming an interior angle with the previous course  of  195  degrees  07
    39  minutes 53 seconds, a distance of 159.88 feet; Thence easterly along the
    40  line  forming  an interior angle with the previous course of 193 degrees
    41  52 minutes 57 seconds, a distance of 161.51 feet; Thence westerly  along
    42  the  line  forming  an  interior  angle  with the previous course of 257
    43  degrees 31 minutes  43  seconds,  a  distance  of  116.17  feet;  Thence
    44  northeasterly,  a distance of 7.07 feet along a non-tangent curve to the
    45  right, having a radius of 4.50 feet, a central angle of 89°59'10" and  a
    46  chord  of 6.36 feet, which chord makes an interior angle with the previ-
    47  ous course of 135 degrees 01 minutes 12 seconds; Thence  easterly  along
    48  the  line  forming  an interior angle with the chord of the above-refer-
    49  enced curve of 135 degrees 01 minutes 17 seconds, a distance  of  135.59
    50  feet;  Thence  easterly,  a  distance  of 81.93 feet along a non-tangent
    51  curve to the left, having a radius of 272.93 feet, a  central  angle  of
    52  17°11'59" and a chord of 81.63 feet, which chord makes an interior angle
    53  with  the  previous  course of 186 degrees 52 minutes 37 seconds; Thence
    54  easterly along the line forming an interior angle with the chord of  the
    55  above-referenced  curve of 192 degrees 21 minutes 11 seconds, a distance
    56  of 38.24 feet; Thence easterly along the line forming an interior  angle

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     1  with  the  previous  course  of  183  degrees  09  minutes 51 seconds, a
     2  distance of 21.53 feet to the point of beginning.
     3    [(e-5)]  (e-6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
     4  subdivision, the authority may issue a retail  license  for  on-premises
     5  consumption  for  a  premises  which shall be located within two hundred
     6  feet of a building occupied exclusively as a church, synagogue or  other
     7  place  of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises for the
     8  sale of food or beverages at retail  for  consumption  on  the  premises
     9  located wholly within the boundaries of the county of Kings, bounded and
    10  described as follows:
    11  ALL  that  certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate lying and being
    12  in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York,
    13  bounded and described as follows:
    14  BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side
    15  of Synder Avenue, with the easterly side of Bedford Avenue;
    16  THENCE easterly along the southerly side of Synder Avenue,  99  feet  10
    17  inches;
    18  THENCE  southerly parallel with Medford Avenue, 80 feet 11 1/6 inches to
    19  the center line of Union Street, as shown on the Bergen Map;
    20  THENCE westerly along the center line of Union Street, as aforesaid,  99
    21  feet 10 inches to the easterly side of Bedford Avenue;
    22  THENCE  northerly along the easterly side of Bedford Avenue, 81 feet 1/8
    23  inches to the point or place of BEGINNING.
    24    [(e-6)] (e-7) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this
    25  subdivision,  the  authority  may issue a retail license for on-premises
    26  consumption for a premises which shall be  located  within  two  hundred
    27  feet  of  a  building  occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of
    28  worship, provided such premises constitute a premises for  the  sale  of
    29  food  or  beverages  at  retail  for consumption on the premises located
    30  wholly within the  boundaries  of  the  county  of  Kings,  bounded  and
    31  described as follows:
    32    BEGINNING  at  a  point on the northerly side of Grand Street, distant
    33  three hundred and nineteen feet  and  three  inches  easterly  from  the
    34  corner  formed by the intersection of the northerly of Grand Street with
    35  the easterly side of Berry  (formerly  Third)  Street,  which  point  of
    36  beginning is where a line drawn along the easterly wall of the house now
    37  or formerly owned by one Schaefer intersects the northerly side of Grand
    38  Street;  running  thence  northerly along the easterly wall of the house
    39  now or formerly owned by one Schaefer, seventy one feet and six  inches;
    40  thence  easterly  nearly  parallel  with Grand Street, eighteen feet and
    41  five inches; thence southerly, seventy feet  and  seven  inches  to  the
    42  northerly  side  of  Grand Street at a point, sixteen feet easterly from
    43  the point of beginning; thence westerly  along  the  northerly  side  of
    44  Grand Street, sixteen feet.
    45    [(e-6)]  (e-8) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
    46  subdivision, the authority may issue a retail  license  for  on-premises
    47  consumption for a premises provided such premises constitutes a premises
    48  for the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the prem-
    49  ises located wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Manhattan in
    50  the city and county of New York, bounded and described as follows:
    51    BEGINNING  at  the  corner formed by the intersection of the southerly
    52  side of Fulton Street with the westerly side of Broadway;
    53    RUNNING THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Broadway, 78  feet
    54  11 1/2 inches to an angle point, in said westerly side of Broadway;

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     1    THENCE  southerly still along the westerly side of Broadway, 75 feet 3
     2  inches to the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side  of
     3  Broadway with the northerly side of Dey Street;
     4    THENCE westerly along the northerly side of Dey Street, 275 feet 6 3/4
     5  inches;
     6    THENCE  northerly  along  a  line which forms an angle on its westerly
     7  side with the northerly side of Dey Street of 91 degrees 21  minutes  50
     8  seconds, 77 feet 5 1/2 inches;
     9    THENCE  easterly  along  a  line which forms an angle on its southerly
    10  side with the last described course of 91 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds,
    11  75 feet 4 5/8 inches;
    12    THENCE northerly along a line which forms an  angle  on  its  westerly
    13  side with the last described course of 91 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds,
    14  77 feet 5 1/4 inches to the southerly side of Fulton Street;
    15    THENCE  easterly  along the southerly side of Fulton Street, 99 feet 8
    16  inches to an angle point on said southerly side of Fulton Street;
    17    THENCE easterly still along the southerly side of Fulton  Street,  100
    18  feet 2 1/2 inches to the point or place of BEGINNING.
    19    TOGETHER  with  benefits  and  subject  to the terms contained in that
    20  certain Easement and License  Agreement  dated  as  of  April  20,  1993
    21  between  Kalikow  Fulton  Church Realty Company and 195 Property Company
    22  and recorded on May 10, 1993 in Reel 1969 page 1310.
    23    [(e-7)] (e-9) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this
    24  subdivision,  the  authority  may issue a retail license for on-premises
    25  consumption for a premises which shall be  located  within  two  hundred
    26  feet of a building occupied exclusively as a church, synagogue, or other
    27  place  of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises for the
    28  sale of food or beverages at retail for the consumption on the  premises
    29  located  wholly  within  the boundaries of the county of Ulster, bounded
    30  and described as follows:
    31    All that piece or parcel of land, situate in  the  City  of  Kingston,
    32  County  of  Ulster and State of New York described as follows: Beginning
    33  at a spike in the concrete sidewalk on the south bounds of  Main  Street
    34  at  its intersection with the west bounds of Fair Street; Thence south 8
    35  degrees 10 hours 9 minutes east along the west  bounds  of  Fair  Street
    36  105.31  feet  to  a  spike  in line with a three story brick building on
    37  lands now or formerly Norman G.  Lebhar  and  John  W.  Krueger  (L.1516
    38  P.425);  Thence  south  83  degrees  26 hours 38 minutes west along said
    39  building and lands of Lebhar and Krueger 46.27 feet to a corner of  said
    40  building; Thence north 8 degrees 4 hours 13 minutes west along lands now
    41  or  formerly  Lawrence A. Quilty and others (L.1422 P.123) and along the
    42  brick  building  on  the  herein  described  parcel  102.62  feet  to  a
    43  reinforcement  rod  set on the south bounds of Main Street; Thence north
    44  80 degrees 6 hours 32 minutes east along  said  bounds  of  Main  Street
    45  46.10  feet to the point and place of beginning. Being the same premises
    46  as conveyed by Bernard R. Herzberg and the Estate of  Rosalyn  M.  Nave,
    47  Margaret  D. Huff, Executrix to Mark J. Berlanga by deed dated September
    48  15, 1995 and recorded in the Ulster County Clerk's Office  on  September
    49  20, 1995 in Liber 2525 of Deeds at Page 200.
    50    [(e-7)] (e-10) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
    51  subdivision,  the  authority  may issue a retail license for on-premises
    52  consumption for a premises which shall be  located  within  two  hundred
    53  feet  of  a  building  occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of
    54  worship, provided such premises constitute a premises for  the  sale  of
    55  food  or  beverages  at  retail  for consumption on the premises located

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     1  wholly within  the  boundaries  of  the  county  of  Erie,  bounded  and
     2  described as follows:
     3    ALL  that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate in the City of
     4  Buffalo, County of Erie and state of New York, being part of Lot No. 77,
     5  Township 11, Range 8 of the Holland Land Company's Survey,  and  further
     6  distinguished as parts of subdivision Lots 1 and 2 in Block "D" as shown
     7  on a map filed in the Erie County Clerk's Office under Cover No. 781 and
     8  more particularly bounded and described as follows:
     9    BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the northerly line of Hertel
    10  Avenue  as  now laid out 100 feet wide with the easterly line of Saranac
    11  Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly line of Saranac  Avenue  120
    12  feet;  thence  easterly  parallel  with  Hertel  Avenue 100 feet; thence
    13  southerly parallel with Saranac Avenue and along the  easterly  line  of
    14  said subdivision Lot No. 2, a distance of 120 feet to the northerly line
    15  of  Hertel  Avenue; thence westerly along said line of Hertel Avenue 100
    16  feet to the point of beginning.
    17    [(e-8)] (e-11) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
    18  subdivision, the authority may issue a retail  license  for  on-premises
    19  consumption  for  a  premises  which shall be located within two hundred
    20  feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue  or  other  place  of
    21  worship,  provided  such  premises constitute a premises for the sale of
    22  food or beverages at retail for  consumption  on  the  premises  located
    23  wholly  within  the  boundaries  of  the  county  of  Erie,  bounded and
    24  described as follows:
    25    ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the City of Buffalo, Coun-
    26  ty of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No.48, Township  11,
    27  Range 8 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, described as follows:
    28    BEGINNING  at  a  point in the easterly line of Elmwood Avenue distant
    29  191.1 feet north of the intersection of said easterly  line  of  Elmwood
    30  Avenue  with the northerly line of Bird Avenue; running thence northerly
    31  along the said easterly line of Elmwood Avenue 63 feet; thence  easterly
    32  at  right angles with Elmwood Avenue 140 feet; thence southerly parallel
    33  with Elmwood Avenue 63 feet; thence westerly at right angles to  Elmwood
    34  Avenue 140 feet to the said easterly line of Elmwood Avenue to the point
    35  or place of beginning.
    36    All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of Land, situate in the City of Buffalo,
    37  County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No.  Forty-Eight
    38  (48),  Township  Eleven  (11)  and  Range  Eight (8) of the Holland Land
    39  Company's survey and bounded and described as follows:
    40    BEGINNING at a point in  the  easterly  line  of  Elmwood  Avenue  One
    41  Hundred  Sixty  and  one-tenth  (160.10)  feet northerly from its inter-
    42  section with the northerly line of Bird Avenue, running thence northerly
    43  on said easterly line of Elmwood Avenue  Thirty-one  (31)  feet;  thence
    44  easterly at right angles to Elmwood Avenue One Hundred forty (140) feet;
    45  thence  southerly  parallel  with  Elmwood  Avenue Thirty-one (31) feet;
    46  thence westerly at right angles to Elmwood  Avenue,  One  Hundred  forty
    47  (140) feet to the easterly line of Elmwood Avenue at the place of begin-
    48  ning.
    49    All  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of Land, situate in the City of Buffalo,
    50  County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 48, Township
    51  11, Range 8 of  the  Holland  Land  Company's  Survey  and  bounded  and
    52  described as follows:
    53    BEGINNING  at  a  point  in  the  east line of Elmwood Avenue, distant
    54  321.50 feet south from the intersection of said east line with the south
    55  line of Forest Avenue; thence south  along  the  east  line  of  Elmwood
    56  Avenue, 49 feet to a point; thence east at right angles to the east line

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     1  of  Elmwood Avenue, 140 feet to a point, thence north, parallel with the
     2  east line of Elmwood Avenue, 49 feet  to  a  point;  thence  west  in  a
     3  straight line, 140 feet to the point of beginning.
     4    [(e-9)] (e-12) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
     5  subdivision,  the  authority  may issue a retail license for on-premises
     6  consumption for a premises which shall be  located  within  two  hundred
     7  feet  of  a  building  occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of
     8  worship and a school, provided such premises constitute a  premises  for
     9  the Lewiston fire department located wholly within the boundaries of the
    10  county of Niagara, bounded and described as follows:
    11    ALL  that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate in the Village
    12  of Lewiston, County of Niagara and state of New York, being New Lot  "C"
    13  according to a map made by James M. McIntyre, Surveyor, on April 8, 2011
    14  and  filed in the Niagara County Clerk's Office on June 13, 2012 in Book
    15  64 of Microfilmed Maps, at page  6441m  showing  re-subdivision  of  Old
    16  Sublots  169  and  170  on  the east side of the North Fifth Street; and
    17  sublots 154, 155 and 156 on the south side of Onondaga Street  as  shown
    18  on  Map  of Part 1 of said Village made by J.P. Haines, C.E. in 1839 and
    19  filed with the Deed Atlas in Niagara County Clerk's Office, and  bounded
    20  and described as follows:
    21    BEGINNING at a point in the intersection of the south line of Onondaga
    22  Street  and  the west line of North Sixth Street; thence south along the
    23  west line of North Sixth Street, a distance of 264.00 feet; thence  west
    24  at an interior angle of 90°10'33", a distance of 198.00 feet to the east
    25  line  of  North  Fifth Street; thence north along the east lone of North
    26  Fifth Street, at an interior angle of 89°29'47", a  distance  of  132.00
    27  feet;  thence  east  at  an  interior  angle of 90°10'33", a distance of
    28  102.00 feet; thence north at an exterior angle of 90°10'33", a  distance
    29  of  132.00  feet to the south line of Onondaga Street; thence east along
    30  the south line of Onondaga Street, a distance of 96.00 feet to the point
    31  of beginning.
    32    [(e-9)] (e-13) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
    33  subdivision, the authority may issue a retail  license  for  on-premises
    34  consumption  for  a  premises  which shall be located within two hundred
    35  feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue  or  other  place  of
    36  worship,  provided  such  premises constitute a premises for the sale of
    37  food or beverages at retail for  consumption  on  the  premises  located
    38  wholly  within  the  boundaries  of the county of Jefferson, bounded and
    39  described as follows:
    40    ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situated in the City of
    41  Watertown, County of Jefferson and  State  of  New  York,  described  as
    42  follows:
    43    BEGINNING  in the westerly margin of Massey Street where it intersects
    44  the southerly margin of Prospect Street;
    45    THENCE southerly along the margin of said Massey Street about  6  rods
    46  and 1/4 of a rod to land formerly owned by Ed. Bohl;
    47    THENCE  westerly at right angles along the northerly line of said Bohl
    48  lot to a point therein 34 feet from the southeasterly corner of a lot of
    49  land conveyed to Charles J. Gillingham by James A. Bell about 115 feet 7
    50  inches;
    51    THENCE northerly at right angles and parallel with the  easterly  line
    52  of said Gillingham's lot about 6 1/4 rods to Prospect Street;
    53    THENCE  easterly along the south margin of said Prospect Street to the
    54  place of beginning, and all the  lands  belonging  to  the  land  hereby
    55  conveyed and lying in front of the same Massey and Prospect Streets;

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     1    BEING  the  same  premises conveyed to Vincent Cavallerio and Adrianna
     2  Cavallario by Joseph Scarabino, by deed dated May 27, 1977, and recorded
     3  in the Jefferson County Clerk's office on May 27, 1977 in Liber  881  of
     4  Deeds  at  page 418. Vincent Cavallario died in the City of Watertown on
     5  August 17, 1984;
     6    ALSO  BEING the same premises conveyed to Adriana Cavallario and Peter
     7  G.  Cavallario, as Trustees of the living Trust of  Adriana  Cavallario,
     8  under  agreement  dated  October  14,  1995,  by  Adriana Cavallaria, by
     9  warranty deed dated October 24, 1995 and recorded in the Jefferson Coun-
    10  ty Clerk's office on November 8, 1995 in Liber 1483 at Page 15;
    11    ALSO BEING the premises known as 133 North Massey  Street,  Watertown,
    12  New York.
    13    [(e-10)]  (e-14)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of paragraph (a) of
    14  this subdivision, the authority may issue a retail license for  on-prem-
    15  ises  consumption  for  a  premises  which  shall  be located within two
    16  hundred feet of a building occupied as  a  church,  synagogue  or  other
    17  place  of  worship, provided such premises constitute a premises for the
    18  sale of food or beverages at retail  for  consumption  on  the  premises
    19  located wholly within the boundaries of the county of Washington, bound-
    20  ed and described as follows:
    21    ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND located at the southeasterly corner of
    22  the  intersection  of  Main  Street  and  Maple Street in the Village of
    23  Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York, and which said parcel in more
    24  particularly bounded and described as follows:
    25    BEGINNING at a point marking the intersection of the  easterly  bounds
    26  of Main Street with the southerly bounds of Maple Street; running thence
    27  from the point of beginning in an easterly direction along the southerly
    28  bounds  of Maple Street. South 86 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds East for
    29  a distance of 229.47 feet to a point;  running  thence  in  a  southerly
    30  direction, south 07 degrees 28 minutes 10 seconds West for a distance of
    31  100.05  feet  to a point; running thence in a northerly line of lands of
    32  the First Baptist Church of Hudson Falls; running thence in  a  westerly
    33  direction  along  the northerly line of said lands of said Church, North
    34  84 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds West for a distance of 206.70 feet to a
    35  point in the easterly bounds of Main Street; running thence in a  north-
    36  erly  direction  along  the  easterly  bounds  of  Main Street, North 06
    37  degrees 11 minutes 40 seconds West for a distance of 94.47 feet  to  the
    38  point of beginning. The same to contain 0.483 acres ±.
    39    REFERENCE  to  the  above description is a survey map titled "Map of a
    40  Survey of Lands of the County of  Washington"  prepared  by  Charles  T.
    41  Nancy,  Licensed  Land Surveyor, Dated August 4, 1994 and on file at the
    42  Washington County Clerk's Office in Drawer 31B of Maps  and  Map  Number
    43  31B-160.
    44    ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  LOT  OR  PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Village of
    45  Hudson Falls, Washington County,  New  York  bounded  and  described  as
    46  follows:
    47    BEGINNING at a point on the south line of Maple Street in said Village
    48  fifty  feet  westerly of a steel bolt in the northwest corner of the New
    49  York Telephone Co.'s Lot, which said point is  at  the  west  end  of  a
    50  retaining  curbing  to  the south line of brick driveway, thence running
    51  north 75 degrees east along said south line of Maple Street  fifty  feet
    52  to a bolt driven in the ground for a monument as a marker; thence south-
    53  erly  one hundred and eight and seven tenths feet to an iron bolt driven
    54  in the ground fifty feet from the west  line  of  lot  hereby  conveyed;
    55  thence easterly fifty-one feet to a large iron pipe driven in the ground
    56  for  a  monument; thence southerly about two feet easterly of the garage

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     1  building on said property fifty-six feet to the location of the boundary
     2  line between lands formerly owned by Elisha Baker, and Samuel Tappin and
     3  U. Cornell Allen, the same being the  southerly  boundary  line  of  the
     4  premises  hereby  conveyed;  thence  westerly  on said boundary line one
     5  hundred and two feet to the east line of the Baptist Church  lot,  which
     6  lot  last  mentioned  line  is monumented; thence along the east line of
     7  said Church lot and the lot formerly owned by Crenville M. Ingalsbe  one
     8  hundred and sixty-one feet to the place of beginning.
     9    The  above  described premises are conveyed subject to a certain right
    10  of way over same heretofore granted by George H. Newton to Hudson  River
    11  Telephone  Co.  by  Deed  dated July 10, 1915 and recorded in Washington
    12  County Clerk's Office in Liber 138 of Deeds at Page 134.
    13    A more modern  description  of  the  above  premises  is  as  follows:
    14  Commencing  in  the  southerly  bounds  of Maple Street at the northwest
    15  corner of premises formerly  of  New  York  Telephone  Company;  running
    16  thence  along  the  westerly  bounds  of said lands formerly of New York
    17  Telephone Company; running thence along  the  westerly  bounds  of  said
    18  lands  formerly  of  New  York  Telephone Company on a course of south 7
    19  degrees 29 minutes west for a distance of 108.66 feet to a point  for  a
    20  corner;  running  thence south 85 degrees 03 minutes east for a distance
    21  of 50.97 feet to an iron pipe found for a corner; running thence south 8
    22  degrees 35 minutes west for a distance of 56.65 feet  to  an  iron  pipe
    23  found  for a corner; running thence north 83 degrees 40 minutes west for
    24  a distance of 101.94 feet along the northerly bounds of  lands  formerly
    25  of  O.T.  Griffin  to a point for a corner in the easterly bounds of the
    26  Baptist Church lot; running thence north 8 degrees 17 minutes east for a
    27  distance of 162.10 feet to a point in  the  southerly  bounds  of  Maple
    28  Street;  running  thence south 85 degrees 57 minutes east for a distance
    29  of 49.90 feet to the point and place of  beginning.  The  aforedescribed
    30  premises  are  depicted  on a certain "Map of Lands of Village of Hudson
    31  Falls at "#8 Maple Street" dated November 2, 1953 by Leslie W.   Coulter
    32  and  filed  in the Washington County Clerk's Office on January 11, 1954,
    33  as Map No. 02.
    34    (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of  this  subdivi-
    35  sion,  the  authority may issue a license pursuant to this section for a
    36  premises which shall be within [five] six hundred fifty feet of three or
    37  more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to  this  section
    38  and  sections  sixty-four-a,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-
    39  four-d of this article if, after consultation with the  municipality  or
    40  community board, and an onsite visit to investigate the premises seeking
    41  the license and the surrounding neighborhood it determines that granting
    42  such  license  would  be in the public interest. Before it may issue any
    43  such license, the authority shall conduct a hearing, upon notice to  the
    44  applicant  and  the municipality or community board, and shall state and
    45  file in its office its reasons therefor. The hearing may be rescheduled,
    46  adjourned or continued, and the  authority  shall  give  notice  to  the
    47  applicant  and  the municipality or community board of any such resched-
    48  uled, adjourned or continued hearing. Before the  authority  issues  any
    49  said  license, the authority or one or more of the commissioners thereof
    50  may, in addition to the hearing required by this paragraph, also conduct
    51  a public meeting regarding said license, upon notice  to  the  applicant
    52  and  the  municipality  or  community  board.  The public meeting may be
    53  rescheduled, adjourned or continued, and the authority shall give notice
    54  to the applicant and the municipality or community  board  of  any  such
    55  rescheduled,  adjourned or continued public meeting. Notice to the muni-
    56  cipality or community board shall mean  written  notice  mailed  by  the

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     1  authority  to such municipality or community board at least fifteen days
     2  in advance of any hearing scheduled pursuant to this paragraph. Upon the
     3  request of the authority, any municipality or community board may  waive
     4  the  fifteen  day  notice requirement. No premises having been granted a
     5  license pursuant to this section shall  be  denied  a  renewal  of  such
     6  license upon the grounds that such premises are within five hundred feet
     7  of  a  building or buildings wherein three or more premises are licensed
     8  and operating  pursuant  to  this  section  and  sections  sixty-four-a,
     9  sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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