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Assembly Bill A10977

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the council on the arts to designate the Bedford Stuyvesant Cultural Arts District

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2025-A10977 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.05, Arts & Cul L

2025-A10977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the council on the arts to designate the Bedford Stuyvesant Cultural Arts District.

2025-A10977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10977
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  arts  and  cultural affairs law, in relation to
   authorizing the council on the arts to designate the Bedford  Stuyves-
   ant Cultural Arts District
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3.05 of  the  arts  and  cultural
 affairs  law,  as amended by chapter 323 of the laws of 2025, is amended
 to read as follows:
   11. To promote regions of cultural significance by providing  cultural
 institutions  within such regions grants, technical assistance, or other
 assistance authorized by this section as the council deems  appropriate,
 including, but not limited to:
   (a)  East  Harlem,  also  known  as  "El Barrio", this region shall be
 bounded by East 96th Street on the South, 5th Avenue on the  West,  East
 125th Street on the North and the East River on the East; [and]
   (b)  the  Harlem  Renaissance  Cultural District, this region shall be
 bounded by 110th Street on the South, the  Hudson  River  on  the  West,
 155th Street on the North and the 5th Avenue on the East; AND
   (C)  THE  BEDFORD STUYVESANT CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, THIS REGION SHALL
 BE BOUNDED BY ATLANTIC AVENUE TO  THE  SOUTH,  FLUSHING  AVENUE  TO  THE
 NORTH, NOSTRAND AVENUE TO THE WEST, AND RALPH AVENUE TO THE EAST.
   The  council may designate additional regions of cultural significance
 at its discretion but such regions shall  be  compact,  contiguous,  and
 have an identifiable cultural heritage which unites the region.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15160-02-6

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