NY State Senate Bill

Senate Bill S4722

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the empire state plaza art commission to provide recommendations to the governor on renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Feb 12, 2025	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

2025-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:: Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §4.07, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8722

2025-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the empire state plaza art commission to provide recommendations to the governor on renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; establishes considerations to include places, persons and matters of significance to the state that reflect state values; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.

2025-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4722

SPONSOR: FAHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to renam-
ing agency building one, agency building two, agency building three and
agency building four, located at the empire state plaza

 
PURPOSE:

To rename agency buildings one through four at the Empire State Plaza.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 12 to section 4.07 of the arts and
cultural affairs law to provide a process for renaming agency building
one through four on the Empire State Plaza.

Section 2 is the after enactment.

JUSTIFICATION:

The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is one of the most
spectacular capital centers in the country. It contains major buildings
like the Egg Performance Center, Cultural Education Center as well as
office space for thousands of state employees

Many of the Plaza buildings are named after famous people including
Erastus Corning, the longest tenured mayor of any large city the United
States (Corning Tower) and Robert Abrams , a long time State Attorney
General, (The Robert, Abrams Building for Law and Justice ).The four
buildings that house thousands of state employees are named 1,2,3, and
4. The re-naming of these buildings is a great opportunity to honor New
York State's history.

This bill sets up a process for the selection of the names by using an
existing Commission. The Commission will make recommendations river to
the Governor. She will be the ultimate decision maker.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One hundred and eighty days after enactment

2025-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4722
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to renam-
   ing agency building one, agency building two,  agency  building  three
   and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 4.07 of  the  arts  and  cultural
 affairs  law,  as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2008, is amended and a  new  subdivision  12  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  To  establish a program, in consultation with the commissioner of
 general services, for the  promotion  of  the  empire  state  plaza  art
 collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis-
 sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi-
 nars,  remote  exhibitions,  special events and the sale of souvenirs or
 mementos related to the collection. All receipts of the commission  from
 promotional  efforts  shall  be  deposited  in  a  state fiduciary fund,
 expenditures from which shall be limited to the purposes of the  commis-
 sion set forth in this article[.];
   12. (A) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENER-
 AL  SERVICES, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR
 ON THE NAMING OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO, AGENCY BUILD-
 ING THREE AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, LOCATED AT THE EMPIRE  STATE  PLAZA.
 THE  COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A VARIETY OF NAMES OR CATEGORIES OF NAMES
 THAT REFLECT STATE VALUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PLACES, PERSONS,
 AND MATTERS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STATE.
   (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05285-02-5
 S. 4722                             2

 
   (C) THE GOVERNOR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSION'S  RECOMMENDATION,
 SHALL  DETERMINE  THE NAMES OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO,
 AGENCY BUILDING THREE AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS  AFTER
 THE COMMISSION SUBMITS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a  law. Effective immediately, the empire state
 plaza art commission is authorized to promulgate,  amend  and/or  repeal
 any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its effective date.

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