Exempts certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions relating to alcoholic beverages

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Tony Simone

Exempts the Performing Arts Unit in the AOL Time Warner Center Condominium from typical ABC licensing restrictions, allowing on-premises alcohol activities unique to that unit.

ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.274

Summary of Bill A 10500-A (2025-2026) – New York

Main purpose

Exempts a specific condominium unit (the “Performing Arts Unit”) within the AOL Time Warner Center Condominium in Manhattan from certain licensing restrictions under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

Specifically, the bill authorizes this unit to avoid rules that typically prohibit sharing an interest in a licensed premises or selling alcohol at retail for consumption on the premises.

Key provisions and changes

Adds a new eligible entity to the prohibited-sharing/onsite-retail-restriction exemptions:

The Performing Arts Unit, a designated condominium unit in the AOL Time Warner Center, Manhattan.

Precise unit and description:

The exemption applies to the unit known as the “Performing Arts Unit” as described in the condominium Declaration and related condominium plans filed in 2003 (including references to CRFN/CRN numbers, tax lot information, and plans 1311 and 1311-A).

Legal basis amended:

Section 101(1)(a) and Section 106(13)(a) of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law are amended to incorporate the new subparagraphs (xix) and (xxiv), respectively, detailing the specific unit and its formal description.

Effective date:

The act provides immediate effect upon enactment.

Who or what would be affected

A single, defined condominium unit:

The Performing Arts Unit in the AOL Time Warner Center Condominium in Manhattan.

By extending licensing flexibility to this unit, the unit would be treated differently from typical licensed premises rules, allowing activity that might otherwise be restricted under standard ABC licensing restrictions (e.g., sharing interests in a licensed premises or retail sales for on-premises consumption) to apply to this unit.

Procedural and timeline aspects

Legislative history:

Introduced in the Assembly by M. of A. Simone, with co-sponsor listed as Tony Simone.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development, then to Ways and Means; amended and re-referred, with recommittal to Ways and Means.
Passed through committee and moved for Rules and Third Reading in May 2026.

Current status:

As of the latest action, the bill has progressed through the standard committee and Rules process and is ordered to Third Reading (pending final floor action).

Practical considerations

Scope is narrowly tailored to a single condominium unit, not a broad expansion of alcohol licensing rules across multiple properties.

If enacted, it creates a precise regulatory carve-out within the ABC Law for the Performing Arts Unit, potentially impacting adjacent licensing practices or precedent for similar future unit-level exemptions.

The description relies on detailed condominium documentation (Declaration, Condominium Plans, and related real property records) to define eligibility.