New York A 8220: Empowers the council on the arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District

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A08220 Summary:

BILL NOA08220A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07152-A

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SPONSORWright

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3.05, Arts & Cul L

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Empowers the council on the arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District.

Go to top A08220 Actions:

BILL NOA08220A

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

06/11/2025amend and recommit to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

06/11/2025print number 8220a

06/16/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/17/2025reported referred to rules

06/17/2025reported 

06/17/2025rules report cal.874

06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.874

06/17/2025substituted by s7152a

&nbspS07152 AMEND=A CLEARE

&nbsp04/02/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

&nbsp04/25/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

&nbsp04/25/2025PRINT NUMBER 7152A

&nbsp05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1228

&nbsp05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/05/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

&nbsp06/17/2025substituted for a8220a

&nbsp06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.874

&nbsp06/17/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/17/2025returned to senate

&nbsp08/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp08/10/2025SIGNED CHAP.323

Go to topA08220 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAbsent

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08220 Floor&nbspVotes:

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Go to topA08220 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8220--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to
 empowering the council on the arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance
 Cultural District

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3.05 of the arts and cultural
 2 affairs law, as added by chapter 677 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 11. To promote regions of cultural significance by providing cultural
 5 institutions within such regions grants, technical assistance, or other
 6 assistance authorized by this section as the council deems appropriate,
 7 including, but not limited to[,]:
 8 (a) East Harlem, also known as "El Barrio"[. This], this region shall
 9 be bounded by East 96th Street on the South, 5th Avenue on the West,
 10 East 125th Street on the North and the East River on the East; and
 11 (b) the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District, this region shall be
 12 bounded by 110th Street on the South, the Hudson River on the West,
 13 155th Street on the North and the 5th Avenue on the East.
 14 The council may designate additional regions of cultural significance
 15 at its discretion but such regions shall be compact, contiguous, and
 16 have an identifiable cultural heritage which unites the region.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--