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Assembly Bill A8904A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the council on the arts to designate Little Panama as a cultural district

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2025-A8904 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9429
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.05, Arts & Cul L

2025-A8904 - Summary

Authorizes the council on the arts to designate Little Panama as a cultural district in the city of New York; designates boundaries.

2025-A8904 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8904
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUCAS -- 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
   authorizing  the  council  on the arts to designate Little Panama as a
   cultural 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 added by chapter 677 of the laws of 2024, 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] WHICH SHALL BE A region [shall be] IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK 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)
 "LITTLE PANAMA" WHICH SHALL BE A REGION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK  LOCATED
 ON  FRANKLIN  AVENUE  FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH PRESIDENT STREET TO ITS
 INTERSECTION WITH BERGEN STREET. 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.
                                                            LBD13374-02-5

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2025-A8904A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9429
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.05, Arts & Cul L

2025-A8904A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the council on the arts to designate Little Panama as a cultural district in the city of New York; designates boundaries.

2025-A8904A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8904--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUCAS, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development --  recommit-
   ted to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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
   authorizing the council on the arts to designate Little  Panama  as  a
   cultural 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  LITTLE  PANAMA CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH SHALL BE A REGION IN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK BOUNDED BY PRESIDENT STREET TO THE SOUTH,  FRANKLIN
 AVENUE  TO  THE  EAST, BERGEN STREET TO THE NORTH, AND CLASSON AVENUE TO
 THE WEST.
   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.

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