Bill Text: NY A07756 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Exempts certain parcels of land from the provisions of law which generally restrict manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers from sharing an interest in a liquor license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - SIGNED CHAP.611 [A07756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07756-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7756--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 20, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee  on  Economic  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
          licensing  restrictions for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic
          beverages on licensees who sell at retail for on-premises consumption;
          and providing for the repeal of  certain  provisions  upon  expiration
          thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 101  of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  The  provisions  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision one of this
     4  section shall not apply  to  any  licensed  manufacturer  or  wholesaler
     5  located  on  the  second  floor of premises in the borough of Manhattan,
     6  city, county and state of New York, bounded and  described  as  follows:
     7  Beginning at the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side
     8  of  West  16th  Street  with  the  westerly side of 10th Avenue; running
     9  thence westerly along the said southerly side of West 16th  Street,  262
    10  feet 5-1/4 inches to the corner formed by the intersection of the south-
    11  erly  side  of  West  16th  Street with the easterly side of 11th Avenue
    12  (formerly Marginal Street); running thence southeasterly along the east-
    13  erly side of said 11th Avenue (formerly Marginal Street) 221 feet  4-1/2
    14  inches to the corner formed by the intersection of said easterly side of
    15  11th  Avenue  (formerly Marginal Street) with the northerly side of said
    16  West 15th Street; running thence easterly along the  northerly  side  of
    17  West  15th  Street, 182 feet 8 inches to the corner formed by the inter-
    18  section of said northerly side of West 15th Street with the said wester-
    19  ly side of 10th Avenue; running thence  northerly  along  said  westerly
    20  side  of  10th Avenue, 206 feet 6 inches to the point or place of begin-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11698-02-9

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     1  ning.  Provided, however, that with respect to  such  manufacturer's  or
     2  wholesaler's interest in a retail licensee located at premises described
     3  in paragraph (a-1) of subdivision thirteen of section one hundred six of
     4  this  article:  (i)  such  interest must have been acquired prior to the
     5  effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nineteen which
     6  added this subdivision; (ii) such manufacturer  or  wholesaler  may  not
     7  sell  alcoholic beverages directly to such retail licensee; and (iii) no
     8  more than fifteen percent of the annual dollar value of alcoholic bever-
     9  ages purchased by such retail licensee for sale on the premises  may  be
    10  produced by any such manufacturer.
    11    §  2.  Section 101 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
    12  adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    13    1-a. The provisions of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  this
    14  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  licensed manufacturer or wholesaler
    15  located on the 35th floor of premises in the borough of Manhattan, city,
    16  county and state of New York, bounded and described as  follows:  begin-
    17  ning  at  the  corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of
    18  Washington Street and the southerly  side  of  Barclay  Street;  running
    19  thence  easterly along the southerly side of Barclay Street, the follow-
    20  ing three (3) courses and distances: (1) South 88 degrees 37 minutes  20
    21  seconds  East  161.04  feet;  (2) South 88 degrees 39 minutes 01 seconds
    22  East 67.81 feet; and (3) South 88 degrees 36  minutes  50  seconds  East
    23  112.04  feet  to  the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly
    24  side of Barclay Street and the westerly side of  West  Broadway;  thence
    25  southerly  along the westerly side of West Broadway, the following three
    26  (3) courses and distances: (1) South 13 degrees 29  minutes  10  seconds
    27  West  33.54  feet;  (2) South 88 degrees 37 minutes 31 seconds East 7.16
    28  feet; and (3) South 13 degrees 29 minutes 10 seconds West 172.20 feet to
    29  the corner formed by the intersection  of  the  westerly  side  of  West
    30  Broadway  and  the northerly side of Vesey Street; thence westerly along
    31  the northerly side of Vesey Street,  North  88  degrees  37  minutes  31
    32  seconds West 233.48 feet to the corner formed by the intersection of the
    33  northerly  side  of  Vesey  Street  and  the easterly side of Washington
    34  Street; and thence northerly  along  the  easterly  side  of  Washington
    35  Street,  North  18 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West 213.45 feet to the
    36  point or place of beginning. Provided, however  that,  with  respect  to
    37  such  manufacturer's  or  wholesaler's  interest  in  a  retail licensee
    38  located at premises described in paragraph (a-1) of subdivision thirteen
    39  of section one hundred six of this article: (i) such interest must  have
    40  been  acquired prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
    41  two thousand nineteen which added this subdivision; (ii)  such  manufac-
    42  turer  or  wholesaler  may not sell alcoholic beverages directly to such
    43  retail licensee; and (iii) no more than fifteen percent  of  the  annual
    44  dollar  value  of  alcoholic beverages purchased by such retail licensee
    45  for sale on the premises may be produced by any such manufacturer.
    46    § 3. Subdivision 13 of section 106 of the alcoholic  beverage  control
    47  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
    48    (a-1)  The  provisions  of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not
    49  apply to the holder of a retail on-premises consumption  license  issued
    50  for  a  premises  located  in the borough of Manhattan, city, county and
    51  state of New York, bounded and described  as  follows:  Beginning  at  a
    52  point  on  the  northerly side of 52nd Street, distant 375 feet westerly
    53  from the northwesterly corner of 52nd Street and Fifth  Avenue;  running
    54  thence  northerly parallel with Fifth Avenue and part of the way through
    55  a party wall, 75 feet 5 inches; thence westerly parallel with the north-
    56  erly side of 52nd Street, 11 feet 2-3/4 inches; thence northerly  paral-

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     1  lel  with  Fifth Avenue, 25 feet to the center line of the block; thence
     2  easterly along said center line of the  block,  71  feet  2-3/4  inches;
     3  thence  southerly parallel with Fifth Avenue and part of the way through
     4  a  party  wall,  100 feet 5 inches to the northerly side of 52nd Street;
     5  thence westerly along the northerly side of 52nd Street, 60 feet to  the
     6  point  or  place  of  beginning. Provided, however, that with respect to
     7  such retail licensee's interest in a business engaged in the manufacture
     8  or sale at wholesale of alcoholic beverages described in subdivision 1-a
     9  of section one hundred one of this article: such interest must have been
    10  acquired prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws  of  two
    11  thousand  nineteen which added this paragraph; (ii) such retail licensee
    12  may not purchase alcoholic beverages directly from any such manufacturer
    13  or wholesaler; and (iii) no more than  fifteen  percent  of  the  annual
    14  dollar  value  of  alcoholic beverages purchased by such retail licensee
    15  for sale on the premises may be produced by any such manufacturer.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    17  the  provisions  of  section  one of this act shall expire and be deemed
    18  repealed April 1, 2021, when upon such date the  provisions  of  section
    19  two of this act shall take effect.
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