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A 8220: Empowers the council on the arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District.
What A 8220 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to empower the Council on the Arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District as a region of cultural significance. The council will provide grants, technical assistance, or other assistance to promote this region. The council can also designate additional regions of cultural significance at its discretion, provided they are compact, contiguous, and have an identifiable cultural heritage. The bill takes effect immediately, allowing the council to begin implementing these provisions.
Bill journey
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Last action: substituted by s7152a (2025-06-17)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8220
- What is the current status of A 8220?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8220 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 17, 2025, was "substituted by s7152a".
- Did A 8220 pass?
- Not yet. A 8220 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8220, and where is it now?
- A 8220 was authored by Asm. Jordan Wright.
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| Jun. 17, 2025 | substituted by s7152a |
| Jun. 17, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.874 |
| Jun. 17, 2025 | rules report cal.874 |
| Jun. 17, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 17, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 5, 2025 · 247 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8220 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- 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 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. Section 3.05 of the arts and cultural affairs law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. To promote regions of cultural significance by providing cultural 4 institutions within such regions grants, technical assistance, or other 5 assistance authorized by this section as the council deems appropriate, 6 including, but not limited to, the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District. 7 This region shall be bounded by 110th Street on the South, The Hudson 8 River on the West, 155th Street on the North and the 5th Avenue on the 9 East. The council may designate additional regions of cultural signif- 10 icance at its discretion but such regions shall be compact, contiguous, 11 and have an identifiable cultural heritage which unites the region. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11503-01-5
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