Bill Text: NY A00717 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-12-21 - signed chap.677 [A00717 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00717-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         717--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GIBBS, RAGA, RAMOS, WALKER, LUCAS, LUNSFORD,
          CRUZ, DAVILA, RIVERA, ARDILA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, TAYLOR,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          ANDERSON,  TAPIA,  BURGOS,  SOLAGES, ZACCARO, McMAHON, THIELE, WEPRIN,
          HEVESI, AUBRY,  BORES,  MEEKS,  SIMONE,  ZINERMAN,  BEEPHAN,  HYNDMAN,
          WILLIAMS, CUNNINGHAM, DARLING, FALL, VANEL, DAIS, L. ROSENTHAL, SANTA-
          BARBARA,  EPSTEIN,  FAHY,  BARRETT  --  read  once and referred to the
          Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development --  recommit-
          ted to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  arts  and  cultural affairs law, in relation to
          empowering the council on the arts  to  designate  East  Harlem  as  a
          cultural district

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3.05 of  the  arts  and  cultural  affairs  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11.  To promote regions of cultural significance by providing cultural
     4  institutions within such regions grants, technical assistance, or  other
     5  assistance  authorized by this section as the council deems appropriate,
     6  including, but not limited to, East Harlem, also known as  "El  Barrio".
     7  This  region  shall  be  bounded  by  East 96th Street on the South, 5th
     8  Avenue on the West, East 125th Street on the North and the East River on
     9  the East. The council  may  designate  additional  regions  of  cultural
    10  significance  at  its  discretion  but  such  regions  shall be compact,
    11  contiguous, and have an identifiable cultural heritage which unites  the
    12  region.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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