Relates to the establishment of regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks accessibility grants
This bill establishes state-funded accessibility grants for arts, cultural organizations, and parks across ten defined regions of New York. It creates regional councils in each area to distribute competitive grants specifically for making facilities compliant with accessibility standards (like the ADA) or improving access for disabled visitors. Grants must be split equally between larger and smaller organizations within each region (based on budget thresholds), and councils cannot fund the same organization more than once every three years. Parks organizations can receive no more than 50% of total grant funds in a year. The program applies statewide to eligible entities in the ten specified geographic regions.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 3, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Robert Carroll
DDemocratic
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