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A06296 Summary:

BILL NOA06296 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R (MS)

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Reyes, Tague, Williams

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MLTSPNSRCook, Sayegh, Simon

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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 grants for ten regions throughout the state for capital projects.

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BILL NOA06296 

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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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 6296

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, DeSTEFANO, REYES, TAGUE, WILLIAMS --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SAYEGH, SIMON -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Develop-
 ment

 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the
 establishment of regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks 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 GRANTS
 5 Section 6.01. Definitions.
 6 6.03. Establishment of arts, cultural affairs, and parks
 7 regions.
 8 6.05. Regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks competitive
 9 grants.
 10 § 6.01. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 11 terms shall have the following meanings:
 12 1. "Regions" shall mean the arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions
 13 established in section 6.03 of this article.
 14 2. "Regional councils" shall mean the councils which issue grants
 15 under section 6.05 of this article.
 16 § 6.03. Establishment of arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions.
 17 Ten arts, cultural affairs, and parks regions shall be established with-
 18 in the state, one for each of the following regions:
 19 1. Long Island (which consists of Suffolk and Nassau counties);
 20 2. the city of New York (which consists of Bronx, New York, Queens,
 21 Kings, and Richmond counties);
 22 3. the Mid-Hudson region (which consists of Sullivan, Ulster, Dutch-
 23 ess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland counties);

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08872-01-5

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 1 4. the Southern tier (which consists of Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins,
 2 Chemung, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, and Delaware counties);
 3 5. the Capital region (which consists of Warren, Washington, Saratoga,
 4 Schenectady, Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, and Greene counties);
 5 6. the Mohawk valley (which consists of Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton,
 6 Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie counties);
 7 7. the North country (which consists of Clinton, Franklin, St.
 8 Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Hamilton, and Essex counties);
 9 8. the Central region (which consists of Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga,
 10 Madison, and Cortland counties);
 11 9. the Finger Lakes region (which consists of Orleans, Monroe, Wayne,
 12 Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates counties); and
 13 10. the Western region (which consists of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua,
 14 Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties).
 15 § 6.05. Regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks competitive grants.
 16 1. The governor shall, in each region, establish a council who shall
 17 issue competitive grants within the region. The members of each regional
 18 council shall be local experts and stakeholders from arts and cultural
 19 affairs organizations and parks organizations within the region. Each
 20 regional council shall have seven total members appointed to such coun-
 21 cil. Five members of each regional council shall be appointed by the
 22 governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, one member of
 23 each regional council shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 24 and serve at the pleasure of the assembly, and one member of each
 25 regional council