Assembly Bill A717

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A717 - Details

Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§21.01 & 21.07, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9851

2023-A717 - Summary

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

2023-A717 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    717
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the arts  and  cultural  affairs  law,  in  relation  to
   empowering the trust for cultural resources of the city of New York 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 21.01 of the  arts  and  cultural  affairs  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. "CULTURAL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF A CITY, TOWN OR
 VILLAGE  WITH  A  CONCENTRATION  OF  CULTURAL  INSTITUTIONS  WITHIN  ITS
 BORDERS.
   § 2. Subdivisions 12 and 13 of section 21.07 of the arts and  cultural
 affairs  law,  as  added by chapter 656 of the laws of 1991, are amended
 and a new subdivision 14 is added to read as follows:
   12. to make and execute such agreements, including without limitation,
 instruments of conveyance and  agreements  with  participating  cultural
 institutions  with  respect  to  the architectural and design character-
 istics of any combined-use facility or cultural facility, as are  neces-
 sary  or  convenient  for  the  exercise of its corporate powers and the
 fulfillment of its purposes; [and]
   13.  to  make  loans  in  accordance  with  article  twenty  of   this
 chapter[.]; AND
   14.  TO  DESIGNATE,  AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION 21.01 OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY REAL PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT
 BOUNDED BY EAST 96TH STREET ON THE SOUTH, 5TH AVENUE ON THE  WEST,  EAST
 125TH STREET ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST RIVER ON THE EAST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01952-01-3

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2023-A717A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§21.01 & 21.07, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9851

2023-A717A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A717A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  717--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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:
 
   Section 1. Section 3.05 of  the  arts  and  cultural  affairs  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  TO PROMOTE REGIONS OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE BY PROVIDING CULTURAL
 INSTITUTIONS WITHIN SUCH REGIONS GRANTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR  OTHER
 ASSISTANCE  AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION AS THE COUNCIL DEEMS APPROPRIATE,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EAST HARLEM, ALSO KNOWN AS  "EL  BARRIO".
 THIS  REGION  SHALL  BE  BOUNDED  BY  EAST 96TH STREET ON THE SOUTH, 5TH
 AVENUE ON THE WEST, EAST 125TH STREET ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST RIVER ON
 THE EAST. THE COUNCIL  MAY  DESIGNATE  ADDITIONAL  REGIONS  OF  CULTURAL
 SIGNIFICANCE  AT  ITS  DISCRETION  BUT  SUCH  REGIONS  SHALL BE COMPACT,
 CONTIGUOUS, AND HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE WHICH UNITES  THE
 REGION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01952-02-4

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