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A 7033: Empowers the council on the arts to designate Little Yemen as a cultural district.
What A 7033 does, verified October 21, 2026
The bill aims to promote regions of cultural significance in New York by providing grants, technical assistance, and other forms of support to cultural institutions. The council on the arts will have the authority to designate these regions, which must be compact, contiguous, and have an identifiable cultural heritage. The regions include East Harlem, the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District, and Little Yemen. The council may designate additional regions at its discretion. The bill will take effect immediately.
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Last action: signed chap.314 (2026-10-16)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7033
- What is the current status of A 7033?
- As of October 21, 2026, A 7033 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on October 16, 2026, was "signed chap.314".
- Did A 7033 pass?
- Yes. A 7033 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action October 16, 2026). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote A 7033, and where is it now?
- A 7033 was authored by Asm. John Zaccaro with 3 coauthors.
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| Oct. 19, 2026 | signed chap.314 |
| Oct. 16, 2026 | signed chap.314 |
| Oct. 16, 2026 | delivered to governor |
| Apr. 01, 2026 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Apr. 01, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 297 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7033 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- 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 Little Yemen as a 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[,]: (a) East Harlem, also known as "El 8 Barrio". This region shall be bounded by East 96th Street on the South, 9 5th Avenue on the West, East 125th Street on the North and the East 10 River on the East; and (b) "Little Yemen". This region shall be bounded 11 by White Plains Road on the South, Bronxdale Avenue on the North, Morris 12 Park Avenue on the West, and Van Nest Avenue on the East. The council 13 may designate additional regions of cultural significance at its 14 discretion but such regions shall be compact, contiguous, and have an 15 identifiable cultural heritage which unites the region. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10742-02-5
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