2.

1. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a retail licensee to sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the premises shall be authorized to sell up to six bottles of wine or liquor in the aggregate per week to a retail licensee for on-premises consumption.
2. (b) Both the retail licensee for on-premises consumption and the retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall retain evidence of each purchase of wine and liquor from a retailer licensed to sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the premises in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the retailer, the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages purchased, and the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The retail licensee for on-premises consumption and the retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall retain the receipt and make it available for inspection by the state liquor authority and its duly authorized agents and employees.

3.

1. (a) No retail license to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall be granted for any premises which shall be located on the same street or avenue, and within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship; the measurements to be taken in a straight line from the center of the nearest entrance to the building used for such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship to the center of the nearest entrance of the premises to be licensed; except, however, that no license shall be denied to any premises at which a license under this chapter has been in existence continuously from a date prior to the date when a building on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of said premises has been occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.
2. (b) Within the context of this subdivision, the word "entrance" shall mean a door of a school, of a house of worship, or of the premises sought to be licensed, regularly used to give ingress to students of the school, to the general public attending the place of worship, and to patrons or guests of the premises proposed to be licensed, except that where a school or house of worship is set back from a public thoroughfare, the walkway or stairs leading to any such door shall be deemed an entrance; and the measurement shall be taken to the center of the walkway or stairs at the point where it meets the building line or public thoroughfare. A door which has no exterior hardware, or which is used solely as an emergency or fire exit, or for maintenance purposes, or which leads directly to a part of a building not regularly used by the general public or patrons, is not deemed an "entrance".
3. (c) Within the context of this subdivision, a building occupied as a place of worship does not cease to be "exclusively" occupied as a place of worship by incidental uses that are not of a nature to detract from the predominant character of the building as a place of worship, such uses which include, but which are not limited to: the conduct of legally authorized games of bingo or other games of chance held as a means of raising funds for the not-for-profit religious organization which conducts services at the place of worship or for other not-for-profit organizations or groups; use of the building for fund-raising performances by or benefitting the not-for-profit religious organizations which conducts services at the place of worship or other not-for-profit organizations or groups; the use of the building by other religious organizations or groups for religious services or other purposes; the conduct of social activities by or for the benefit of the congregants; the use of the building for meetings held by organizations or groups providing bereavement counseling to persons having suffered the loss of a loved one, or providing advice or support for conditions or diseases including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, cancer, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, or Alzheimer's disease; the use of the building for blood drives, health screenings, health information meetings, yoga classes, exercise classes or other activities intended to promote the health of the congregants or other persons; and use of the building by non-congregant members of the community for private social functions. The building occupied as a place of worship does not cease to be "exclusively" occupied as a place of worship where the not-for-profit religious organization occupying the place of worship accepts the payment of funds to defray costs related to another party's use of the building.
4. (d) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to premises located wholly within the boundaries of the county of Warren, bounded and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the City of Glens Falls, County of Warren, New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly side of Glen Street with the northwesterly side of South Street and running thence along the southwesterly side of Glen Street north 51 degrees 51 minutes west sixty-five and fifty-two one hundredths feet (65.52) to premises now or formerly owned by Daniel L. Robertson, being the store lot formerly owned by Ruliff Kipp; thence south 38 degrees 9 minutes west along the southeasterly side of said Robertson lot nine and fifty-eight one hundredths feet (9.58) to a point at the southeasterly corner of the foundation of the building on said Robertson property and at the northeasterly corner of the foundation of the building on the premises herein described and continuing on the same course and along the said southeasterly side of said Robertson lot one hundred ten and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet (110.39) (said course being in all one hundred nineteen and ninety-seven one hundredths feet (119.97) to the northeasterly line of the premises formerly owned by Colvin & Parks upon which is constructed the Empire Theatre; thence along said northeasterly line of said Colvin & Parks (now Empire Theatre Lot) south 48 degrees 2 minutes east eighteen and thirty-five one-hundredths feet (18.35) to an angle point in said property line of lands formerly of Colvin & Parks (now Empire Theatre Lot) which point is north 58 degrees 32 minutes west sixty-two and seventy-four one-hundredths feet (62.74) from the northwesterly side of South Street; thence continuing along the northeasterly line of said Colvin & Parks (now Empire Theatre Lot) south 58 degrees 32 minutes east sixty-two and seventy-four one-hundredths feet (62.74) to the northwesterly side of South Street and to a point 12 feet measured along said northwesterly side of South Street from the southeasterly corner of the foundation of the building on said premises herein described (formerly American Hotel and later Hotel Ruliff and now Plaza Hotel); thence along the said northwesterly side of said South Street north 30 degrees 36 minutes east one hundred fourteen and ninety-one hundredths feet (114.90) to the point or place of beginning. "Reserving, however, the right of way between the said Colvin & Parks line and the said Plaza Hotel Building and along the northerly line of said Colvin & Parks property sufficient for teams to pass through and for all pedestrians seeking ingress and egress from said Colvin & Parks land which right of way shall not be obstructed or built over by the owner of the premises herein described, its successors or assigns." Excepting and reserving from the foregoing, the underground passageway or vault, located in the alley extending westerly from South Street in said City of Glens Falls, beside the building located on the lands now or formerly of Empire Real Estate & Theatre Co., as described in a deed from J.E. Bennett and Nicholas Kakoulis to New York Power and Light Corporation, dated the 13th day of November, 1942 and recorded in the Warren County Clerk's Office on the 16th day of January, 1943 in Book 223 of Deeds at page 535, together with the rights of way and easements therein provided.
5. 5. No retail licensee of liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall keep upon the licensed premises any liquors and/or wines in any cask, barrel, keg, hogshead or other container, except in the original sealed package, as received from the manufacturer or wholesaler. Such containers shall have affixed thereto such labels as may be required by the rules of the liquor authority, together with all necessary federal revenue and New York state excise tax stamps, as required by law. Such containers shall not be opened nor its contents consumed on the premises where sold, except for the purpose of wine tasting or sampling by any person pursuant to authorization to conduct such a sampling or tasting pursuant to subdivision three of section seventy-six of this chapter except those to whom sales are prohibited in section sixty-five of this chapter. The provisions of this subdivision shall not prohibit a licensed winery or farm winery from selling or delivering wine to a consumer for off-premises consumption in a container not to exceed four liters in capacity that shall have a temporarily secured seal for purposes of removing the wine from the premises.
6. 6. Each person licensed to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall have painted on the front window of the licensed premises, the name of the licensee together with the inscription, "New York State Retail Liquor or Wine Store License No. .........," as the case may be, in uniform letters not less than three and one-half inches in height.
7. 7. No sign of any kind printed, painted or electric, advertising any brand of liquors or wines shall be permitted on the exterior or interior of such premises, except by permission of the liquor authority.
8. 8. No retail licensee, for off-premises consumption, shall transport liquors or wines in any vehicle owned and operated or hired and operated by such retail licensee, for off-premises consumption, except liquors and wines transported to the home of a purchaser not to be resold by the purchaser, unless there shall be attached to or inscribed upon both sides of such vehicle a sign, showing the name and address of the licensee together with the following inscription, "New York State Retail Liquor or Wine Store License No. . . . . . . . . . ," as the case may be, in uniform letters not less than three and one-half inches in height, except deliveries may be made in passenger type vehicles owned by the licensee and operated by the licensee or his agent, or hired by the licensee and operated by the licensee or his agent, provided the person making the delivery shall have upon his person while so delivering a photostatic copy of the current license issued by the authority. In lieu of such sign, a retail licensee may have in the cab of such vehicle a photostatic copy of its current license issued by the authority, and such copy duly authenticated by the authority.
9. 9. No retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall deliver any liquors or wines except in vehicles owned and operated by such licensee, or hired and operated by such licensee from a trucking or transportation company registered with the liquor authority, and shall only make such deliveries at the premises of the purchaser.

10. 10.

    1. (a) Each retail licensee of liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall have conspicuously displayed within the interior of the licensed premises where sales are made and where it can be readily inspected by consumers a printed price list of the liquors and/or wines offered for sale therein; and no liquor and/or wine shall be sold except at the price set forth in such list;
    2. (b) No screen, blind, curtain, partition, article or thing shall be permitted in the windows or upon the doors of such licensed premises, which shall prevent a clear view into the interior of such licensed premises from the sidewalk, at all times; and
    3. (c) No booth, screen, partition or other obstruction shall be permitted in the interior of said licensed premises.
11. 11. No retail licensee of liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall keep or permit to be kept upon the licensed premises, any liquors and/or wines in any unsealed bottle or other unsealed container, except for the purpose of wine tasting or sampling by any person pursuant to authorization to conduct such a sampling or tasting pursuant to subdivision three of section seventy-six of this chapter except those to whom sales are prohibited in section sixty-five of this chapter. The provisions of this subdivision shall not prohibit a licensed winery or farm winery from selling or delivering wine to a consumer for off-premises consumption in a container not to exceed four liters in capacity that shall have a temporarily secured seal for purposes of removing the wine from the premises.
12. 12. No retail licensee of liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall sell or deliver any liquors and/or wines to any person with knowledge of, or with reasonable cause to believe, that the person to whom such liquors and/or wines are so sold or delivered, has acquired the same for the purpose of peddling them from place to place, or of selling or giving them away in violation of the provisions of this chapter or in violation of the rules and regulations of the liquor authority.

13. 14.

    1. (a) No premises licensed to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption shall be permitted to remain open:

       1. (i) On Sunday before ten o'clock ante meridian and after ten o'clock post meridian.
       2. (ii) On any day between midnight and eight o'clock antemeridian. In any community where daylight saving time is in effect, such time shall be deemed the standard time for the purpose of this subdivision.

    2. (b) This subdivision shall only be interpreted to prohibit the sale of liquor and/or wine for off-premises consumption when it is closed to the public, provided however, retail licensees may undertake all other activities allowed during the course of normal business operations including but not limited to:

       1. (i) placing orders with or taking deliveries from wholesalers;
       2. (ii) meeting with individuals who have valid solicitors permits issued by the liquor authority;
       3. (iii) stocking shelves;
       4. (iv) filling or building displays; and
       5. (v) rotating product on store shelves.
14. 15. Each retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises, adequate books and records of all transactions involving the business transacted by such licensee, which shall show the amount of liquors and wines, purchased by such licensee together with the names, license numbers and places of business of the persons from whom the same were purchased, and the amount involved in such purchases, as well as the amount of liquors or wines, sold by such licensee, and the amount involved in each sale. Such books and records shall be available for inspection by any authorized representative of the liquor authority.
15. 16. No retail licensee to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises consumption shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any premises where liquors, wines or beer are manufactured or sold at wholesale or any other premises where liquor or wine is sold at retail for off-premises consumption, by stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien on any personal or real property or by any other means. Any lien, mortgage or other interest or estate, however, now held by such retailer on or in the personal or real property of such manufacturer or wholesaler, which mortgage, lien, interest or estate was acquired on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred thirty-two, shall not be included within the provisions of this subdivision; provided, however, the burden of establishing the time of the accrual of the interest comprehended by this subdivision, shall be upon the person who claims to be entitled to the protection and exemption afforded hereby.
16. 17. No retail licensee for off-premises consumption shall make or cause to be made any loan to any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of liquors, wines or beer at wholesale. No retail licensee to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises consumption shall make or cause to be made any loan to any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of liquors, wines or beer at wholesale or to any person engaged in the sale of liquors and/or wines at retail for off-premises consumption.

17. 18. A drug store holding a permit to sell liquors and/or wines for off-premises consumption pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following conditions:

    1. (a) Liquors and/or wines sold by it shall not be consumed on the premises where sold or in any outbuilding, yard, booth or garden appertaining thereto or connected therewith.
    2. (b) Such permittee shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises, adequate books and records, which shall show the amount of liquors and wines, in gallons, purchased by such permittee together with the names, license numbers and places of business, of the persons from whom the same were purchased and the amount involved in such purchases, which books and records shall be available for inspection by any authorized representative of the liquor authority.
    3. (c) No liquor or wine shall be displayed in any window of the premises designated in the drug store permit.
    4. (d) No drug store permittee shall use any placard or card advertising the sale of any liquor or wine unless such card, placard or advertisement shall conspicuously state that the sale of liquor or wine in the said premises designated in the drug store permit is limited to medicinal liquor to be sold by prescription only.
    5. 20. Each retail licensee of liquor and/or wine shall designate the price of each item of liquor or wine by attaching to or otherwise displaying immediately adjacent to each such item displayed in the interior of the licensed premises where sales are made a price tag, sign or placard setting forth the bottle price at which each such item is offered for sale therein.
    6. 21. No retail license to sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the premises shall be granted for any public billiard or pocket billiard room, or for establishments of any description in which billiards is played or which maintains any apparatus or paraphernalia for the playing of billiards or pocket billiards and is conducted as a public place of business for profit. Notwithstanding any prohibition to the contrary, a license may be issued to an establishment wherein billiards or pocket billiards are played or may be played on a table which measures not more than three feet by six feet provided that not more than two such tables are in the establishment at any one time and further provided that the cue sticks used, and available for use, are made of light plexiglass or some similar light material.
    7. 22. No person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for off-premises consumption, shall suffer or permit any gambling, or offer any gambling on the licensed premises, or suffer or permit illicit drug activity on the licensed premises. The use of the licensed premises or any part thereof for the sale of lottery tickets, when duly authorized and lawfully conducted thereon, shall not constitute gambling within the meaning of this subdivision.
    8. 23. All premises licensed under sections fifty-four, fifty-four-a, sixty-three and seventy-nine of this chapter shall be subject to inspection by any peace officer described in subdivision four of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer or any duly authorized representative of the state liquor authority, during the hours when the said premises are open for the transaction of business.
    9. 24. The provisions of subdivisions sixteen and seventeen of this section shall not apply to any interest in a wholesale premise outside the United States, held by any business or entity located on any parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly side of 72nd Street distant 179 feet easterly from the southerly corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 72nd Street; Running thence southerly and parallel with the easterly side of Amsterdam Avenue 102 feet 2 inches to the center line of the block; Thence easterly and parallel with the southerly side of 72nd Street 21 feet; Thence northerly and parallel with the easterly side of Amsterdam Avenue and part of the distance through a party wall 102 feet 2 inches to the southerly side of 72nd Street; Thence westerly along the southerly side of 72nd Street 21 feet to the point or place of Beginning. * 25. (a) The provisions of subdivisions sixteen and seventeen of this section shall not apply to any interest in a manufacturer inside or outside the United States, held by any business or entity located on any parcels of land in the Borough and County of the Bronx, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Parcel A: Beginning at a point within block 1044, lot 15, said point being distant the following four (4) courses from the point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Baretto street (60 feet wide) with the northerly line of Lafayette (100 feet wide); Along said westerly line of Baretto street, north 41 degrees 26 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 197.70 feet to an angle point therein, thence; Continuing along said line of Baretto street, north 53 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 14.21 feet to a point, thence; Through block 2739, lot 15, south 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 75.72 feet to a point, thence; Continuing through block 2739, lot 15, south 10 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 8.19 feet to the point and place of beginning, thence; From said point of beginning the following four courses; South 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 42.59 feet to a point, thence; south 55 Degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 18.44 feet to a point, thence; North 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 42.59 feet to a point, thence; North 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 18.44 feet to the point of beginning. Containing within said bounds 785 square feet or 0.0180 AC. Parcel B: Beginning at a point within block 1044, lot 15, said point being distant the following four (4) courses from the point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Baretto street (60 feet wide) with the northerly line of Lafayette (100 feet wide); Along said westerly line of Baretto Street, North 41 degrees 26 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 197.70 feet to an angle point therein, thence; Continuing along said line of Baretto street, North 53 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 14.21 feet to a point, thence; Through block 2739, lot 15, South 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 142.85 feet to a point, thence; Continuing through block 2739, lot 15, South 10 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 8.19 feet to the point and place of beginning, thence; From said point of beginning the following four courses; South 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 42.02 feet to a point, thence; south 55 Degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 40.86 feet to a point, thence; North 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, a distance of 42.02 feet to a point, thence; North 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 40.86 feet to the point of beginning. Containing within said bounds 1,717 square feet or 0.0394 AC.

    10. (b) Provided, however, that with respect to such retail licensee's interest in a business engaged in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages described in subdivision sixteen or seventeen of this section:

        1. (i) such interest shall have been acquired prior to the effective date of this subdivision; and
        2. (ii) such retail licensee shall not purchase alcoholic beverages directly from any such manufacturer. * NB Repealed upon certain provisions (see chapter 362 of 2024 § 2)