Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church for a certain premises located in the county of New York.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A11379
SPONSOR: Rules (Wright) TITLE OF BILL:
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 from a church
PURPOSE:
To waive the ABC 200 Foot Rule with respect to a certain designated
entity, such entity having the assent of the affected institution.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Waives the ABC 200 Foot Rule with respect to a certain designated entity
at '341 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027, such entity having the assent of
the affected institution.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Harlem Shark Bar currently operates at a location- 341 Lenox Ave,
New York, NY 10027-the previous commercial use of which was a bar with a
full ABC License that was approved by the SLA. The owners of the Shark
Bar therefore assumed they would have no issue getting the same type of
Liquor License as there had been no material changes. In SLA's investi-
gatory review they discovered the existence of property belonging to a
religious institution within 200 feet. As reported by the religious
institution, the property in question is only used for administration,
not religious services and they have no objection to the issuance of a
Liquor License. This bill is needed to implement a resolution satisfac-
tory to all.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11379
IN ASSEMBLY
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wright) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
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 from a church
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 is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-18) to read as
3 follows:
4 (e-18) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdi-
5 vision, 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 exclusively as a school, church, synagogue
8 or other place of worship, provided such premises constitutes a premises
9 for the sale of food or beverages at retail for consumption on the prem-
10 ises located wholly within the boundaries of the county of New York,
11 bounded and described as follows:
12 All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in
13 the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, designated
14 on the Tax Map of the City of New York, for the Borough of Manhattan, as
15 said Tax Map was on June 5, 1973 as Section 7 Block 1912 Lot 30 bounded
16 and described as follows:
17 BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Lenox Avenue, distant 20
18 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the North-
19 erly line of West 127th Street with the Westerly line of Lenox (formerly
20 Sixth) Avenue;
21 RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the Westerly line of Lenox Avenue, 20
22 feet;
23 THENCE Westerly parallel with West 127th Street and part of the
24 distance through a party wall, 100 feet;
25 THENCE and Southerly parallel with Lenox Avenue, 20 feet;
26 THENCE Easterly, 100 feet to the Westerly side of Lenox Avenue the
27 point and place of BEGINNING.
28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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