Bill Sponsors: NY A00242 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Authorizes cities with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more to impose an additional twenty-five cent fee upon the ticket price of four dollars or more for any sporting event held within such city; moneys collected shall be used for sport and recreation programs in such cities; creates a NYC sports and recreation advisory committee to determine how the money shall be spent in NYC; outside NYC the respective school boards shall administer funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A00242 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Nick Perry [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-058FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Englebright [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-004FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-084FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-032FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-051FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Jose Rivera [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-078FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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