S 9005Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

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This bill version makes extensive deletions to New York's alcoholic beverage control laws, removing multiple licensing categories, operational privileges, and regulatory requirements without evident replacements. The changes eliminate entire license types including micro-distillery retail sales at fairs and farmers markets, hotel concessionaire provisions, and higher education on-premises liquor licenses. The bill removes numerous ancillary business authorizations previously granted to micro-breweries, micro-distilleries, and micro-rectifiers—including the manufacture and sale of food products and gift items. It strips away administrative requirements such as semi-annual wine shipper reporting to the Liquor Authority, price schedule filing obligations, and mandatory scanner use for age verification in hotel shops. Distance measurement rules for licensed premises near schools and places of worship are eliminated, as are provisions for seasonal and multi-year licenses with associated fee structures. The bill also removes substantive licensing criteria including consideration of vehicular traffic, parking impact, noise levels, and criminal activity history. These wholesale deletions represent a fundamental restructuring of the state's alcoholic beverage regulatory framework, though the absence of replacement language suggests either a shift to alternative regulatory schemes not evident in these summaries or a significant deregulation of the industry.