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S 7152: Empowers the council on the arts to designate the Harlem Renaissance Cultural District.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 28, 2025

What S 7152 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. This designation will allow the council to provide grants, technical assistance, and other forms of assistance to cultural institutions within the region. The designated region will be bounded by specific streets, including 110th Street, the Hudson River, 155th Street, and 5th Avenue. The council may also designate additional regions of cultural significance at its discretion, provided they meet certain criteria.

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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.323 (2025-08-10)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7152
What is the current status of S 7152?
As of September 28, 2025, S 7152 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on August 10, 2025, was "SIGNED CHAP.323".
Did S 7152 pass?
Yes. S 7152 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action August 10, 2025). 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 S 7152, and where is it now?
S 7152 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare.
Recent actions15 total · showing 5
Aug. 10, 2025SIGNED CHAP.323
Aug. 08, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 17, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 17, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 17, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.874
Full action history, 10 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 2, 2025 · 252 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7152 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 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 
Text of S 7152 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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