Votes: NY A01944 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

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]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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