New York A 6473: Relates to extending the occupancy tax in the village of Tuckahoe

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A06473 Summary:

BILL NOA06473A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01378-A

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SPONSORDais

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COSPNSROtis, Burroughs

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg

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Add §61.15, Arts & Cul L

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Relates to the provision of financial assistance to museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums and other cultural institutions located in low-income urban, suburban or rural communities, or that provide educational services to students from such communities.

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BILL NOA06473A

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03/05/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

06/05/2025amend and recommit to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

06/05/2025print number 6473a

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6473--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DAIS, OTIS, BURROUGHS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
 of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tour-
 ism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- 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
 providing financial assistance to museums, zoos, botanical gardens,
 aquariums and other cultural institutions located in low-income urban,
 suburban or rural communities, or that provide educational services to
 students from such communities

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

 1 Section 1. Statement of legislative findings and intent. The legisla-
 2 ture finds and declares that the state of New York is home to vast
 3 educational resources in museums, historical societies, zoos, botanical
 4 gardens, aquaria and cultural arts institutions that offer a wealth of
 5 ways to engage children and adults and instill in them a lasting love of
 6 learning.
 7 The legislature finds that over 1,500 museums, historical societies,
 8 zoos, botanical gardens, aquaria and cultural arts institutions in this
 9 state now provide instruction to over six million children, and that
 10 children in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve and adults enrolled
 11 in continuing education programs should have broad and equal access to
 12 such services.
 13 The legislature further finds that community cultural arts insti-
 14 tutions, in collaboration with teachers and schools, must design new and
 15 innovative programs to engage learners in such pressing issues as
 16 science, anthropology, history and arts literacy.
 17 It is the intent of the legislature that the state provide financial
 18 assistance to cultural arts institutions serving under-resourced urban,
 19 suburban or rural communities to expand educational services through

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03063-03-5

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 1 access to museum collections, scholarship and virtual learning and
 2 extend their uniquely valuable educational resources to the children and
 3 lifelong learners of the state.
 4 § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 5 "museum education act".
 6 § 3. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a new
 7 section 61.15 to read as follows:
 8 § 61.15. Education grants for museums. 1. The commissioner of educa-
 9 tion shall develop and implement, with consultation and input from
 10 representatives from the museum and cultural institution community, a
 11 museum and cultural organization education grant program, and shall
 12 award, within the amounts appropriated from the general fund for such
 13 purpose, competitive grants in accordance with this section for the
 14 purpose of establishing or improving education programs in museums and
 15 cultural organizations designed to improve student performance in public
 16 and nonpublic elementary, middle and secondary schools. Such grants
 17 shall be expended to support the production of curricula, acquisition of
 18 specialized educational or interpretive skill