New York A 6295: Relates to the establishment of regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks accessibility grants

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A06295 Summary:

BILL NOA06295 

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SPONSORCarroll R

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Add Art 6 §§6.01 - 6.05, Arts & Cul L

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Establishes regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks accessibility grants for ten regions throughout the state for accessibility programs.

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BILL NOA06295 

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03/03/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

01/07/2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6295

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- 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 the
 establishment of regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks accessi-
 bility grants

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

 1 Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a
 2 new article 6 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 6
 4 REGIONAL ARTS, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND PARKS ACCESSIBILITY
 5 GRANTS
 6 Section 6.01. Definitions.
 7 6.03. Establishment of arts, cultural affairs, and parks
 8 regions.
 9 6.05. Regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks competitive
 10 accessibility grants.
 11 § 6.01. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 12 terms shall have the following meanings:
 13 1. "Regions" shall mean the arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions
 14 established in section 6.03 of this article.
 15 2. "Regional councils" shall mean the councils which issue grants
 16 under section 6.05 of this article.
 17 3. "Accessibility programs" shall mean programs which: (a) bring
 18 facilities into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; or
 19 (b) improving the ability for disabled persons to use an organization's
 20 facilities.
 21 § 6.03. Establishment of arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions.
 22 Ten arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions shall be established with-
 23 in the state, one for each of the following regions:
 24 1. Long Island (which consists of Suffolk and Nassau counties);

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08877-01-5

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 1 2. the city of New York (which consists of Bronx, New York, Queens,
 2 Kings, and Richmond counties);
 3 3. the Mid-Hudson region (which consists of Sullivan, Ulster, Dutch-
 4 ess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland counties);
 5 4. the Southern tier (which consists of Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins,
 6 Chemung, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, and Delaware counties);
 7 5. the Capital region (which consists of Warren, Washington, Saratoga,
 8 Schenectady, Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, and Greene counties);
 9 6. the Mohawk valley (which consists of Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton,
 10 Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie counties);
 11 7. the North country (which consists of Clinton, Franklin, St.
 12 Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Hamilton, and Essex counties);
 13 8. the Central region (which consists of Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga,
 14 Madison, and Cortland counties);
 15 9. the Finger Lakes region (which consists of Orleans, Monroe, Wayne,
 16 Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates counties); and
 17 10. the Western region (which consists of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua,
 18 Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties).
 19 § 6.05. Regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks competitive acces-
 20 sibility grants. 1. The governor shall, in each region, establish a
 21 council which shall issue competitive accessibility grants within the
 22 region. Six members of each regional council shall be local experts and
 23 stakeholders from arts and cultural affairs organizations and parks
 24 organizations within the region. One member of each regional council
 25 shall be an expert in accessibility. Each regional council shall have
 26 seven total members appointed to such council. Five members of each
 27 regional council sh