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Senate Bill S9429

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via A8904 - Passed Senate

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2025-S9429 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8904
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.05, Arts & Cul L

2025-S9429 (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-S9429 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9429 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9429
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 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.
                                                            LBD13374-05-6

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