A 6295 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

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
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REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
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Mar 3, 2025
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REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
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