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New YorkA 70402025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Authorizes private membership establishments to have certain licenses for sale of alcohol

Sponsored By: Albert A. Stirpe

Signed by Governor

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCODESWAYS AND MEANSRULES

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Club applicants must notify local governments

Club license applicants must notify their municipality before applying, no more than 270 days before filing. In New York City, notice is also required for renewals, alterations, and major corporate changes. Temporary retail permit applicants must give notice in cities with at least 1 million people. A temporary permit filed after the initial license application requires an additional notice. That notice takes effect when properly served or 30 days after the initial license notice, whichever is later.

Alcohol businesses face penalty collection rules

Civil penalties imposed for cause on for-profit club licensees are capped at $10,000, in addition to required bonds. Other covered alcohol licenses and permits have maximum penalties of $10,000, $30,000, or $100,000, depending on category. With no appeal pending, penalties unpaid more than 45 days after a written demand can trigger a default-judgment notice. The notice goes to the licensed premises and latest application signer, listing the violations, penalty, and unpaid amount. It warns that full payment is required within 20 days to avoid a default judgment. If payment is not received within 30 days after notice issuance, the state must file the judgment in court. The judgment remains in effect for eight years and is enforceable like other civil judgments.

Club alcohol licenses carry annual fees

New York creates an alcohol license for for-profit membership clubs, costing $20,000 each year, payable with the application. Clubs can sell liquor, wine, beer, cider, mead, and braggot to members in good standing and their guests. Drinks must be consumed on the licensed premises, and sales must follow club bylaws. Most clubs need at least 100 dues-paying members, listed by name and address. Corporate dining spaces serving employees, clients, and guests are exempt from that membership requirement. Outside corporate-dining providers must have a state alcohol license and disclose their contract; their beverage sales carry no additional license fee. Club licensees are responsible for alcohol-law violations, required bonds, and the specified liability for alcohol-related harm. The law takes effect 180 days after becoming law.

Club license locations face distance limits

Club licenses are generally barred within 200 feet of a school or worship building on the same street or avenue. In communities with at least 20,000 people, additional 500-foot limits apply. These cover proximity to an existing for-profit club or three or more premises with specified alcohol licenses. The state can grant a 500-foot exception after local consultation, a public hearing, and written reasons showing public interest. Qualifying licenses continuously existing before school or worship use are protected; specified 500-foot protections cover licenses existing continuously since November 1, 1993. Licenses granted through the public-interest exception cannot lose renewal solely because of those 500-foot limits. A worship building can retain its protected status when a nonprofit religious group accepts payments covering another party's use costs.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Albert A. Stirpe

    House

Cosponsors

  • Angelo Santabarbara

    Democratic • House

  • Judy Griffin

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 206 • No: 0

House vote • 6/9/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/9/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 62 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.342

    8/22/2025House

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    8/15/2025House

  3. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/9/2025Senate

  4. PASSED SENATE

    6/9/2025Senate

  5. 3RD READING CAL.1676

    6/9/2025Senate

  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR S652A

    6/9/2025Senate

  7. REFERRED TO RULES

    6/9/2025Senate

  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE

    6/9/2025House

  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/9/2025House

  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.513

    6/9/2025House

  11. RULES REPORT CAL.513

    6/9/2025House

  12. REPORTED

    6/9/2025House

  13. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    6/6/2025House

  14. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    6/5/2025House

  15. PRINT NUMBER 7040B

    5/22/2025House

  16. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

    5/22/2025House

  17. REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

    5/20/2025House

  18. PRINT NUMBER 7040A

    5/16/2025House

  19. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    5/16/2025House

  20. REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    3/20/2025House

Bill Text

  • Amendment B

    5/22/2025

    PDF

  • Amendment A

    5/16/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    3/20/2025

    PDF

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