---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates the two year restriction on temporary retail permits for applications subject to the 500 foot law"
description: "Eliminates the two year restriction on temporary retail permits for applications subject to the 500 foot law; provides that a temporary retail permit may not be issued in a city with a population of one million or more people if a retail license at the location was canceled, suspended or revoked by the authority for two consecutive licensees at such location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8427"
citation: "New York A 8427 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harvey Epstein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-29"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0139bd0-5d04-4d80-bc9b-ec650aae4c09"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8427"
source_hash: "690ba43bd99ac20a3a7318b0c0b81c8f76bdc1a7de54e994feda720d07be6b4f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 8427 (2023-2024) — Eliminates the two year restriction on temporary retail permits for applications subject to the 500 foot law

Eliminates the two year restriction on temporary retail permits for applications subject to the 500 foot law; provides that a temporary retail permit may not be issued in a city with a population of one million or more people if a retail license at the location was canceled, suspended or revoked by the authority for two consecutive licensees at such location.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8427&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8427A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8427A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harvey Epstein — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-29** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** PRINT NUMBER 8427A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** REPORTED
- **2024-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.450
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.450
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8203
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1579
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** SIGNED CHAP.426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0139bd0-5d04-4d80-bc9b-ec650aae4c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).