Int. No. 1184

By Council Members Ossé, Gutiérrez, Louis, Schulman, Hanif, Nurse, Won, Menin, Abreu, Riley, Brewer and Krishnan

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the department of cultural affairs to report annually on department funding of art and cultural organizations and institutions

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                     Section 1. Chapter 67 the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 2509 to read as follows:

                     § 2509. Cultural funding. a. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

                     Capacity-building funding. The term “capacity-building funding” means funding to help small, community-based organizations serving low-to-moderate income populations through the department’s community arts development program, or any successor program.

                     Capital funding. The term “capital funding” means funding to support design and construction projects and major equipment purchases.

                     Cultural institution funding. The term “cultural institution funding” means funding provided to a member of the cultural institutions group.

                     Cultural institutions group. The term “cultural institutions group” means the group of cultural institutions that operate on city-owned property and are recognized by the department as members of such group.

                     Department. The term “department” means the department of cultural affairs.

                     Program funding. The term “program funding” means funding administered through the department’s cultural development fund, or any successor program.

                     b. No later than August 1, 2023, and on or before August 1 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on the department’s website a report on the department’s direct expenses, and funding of art and cultural organizations and institutions, in the prior fiscal year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information disaggregated by where applicable:

                     1. The name of each organization or institution that received department funds, and for each such organization:

                     (a) The zip code, borough, community board, and council district;

                     (b) The amount of funds the department allocated, and for each such amount, the type of funds provided, including, but not limited to, program funding, cultural institution funding, capital funding, and capacity-building funding;

                     2. The amount of funds used for direct expenses of the department, disaggregated by expense type;

                     3. A summary of department funding of art and cultural organizations and institutions, including any trends or significant changes in such funding; and

                     4. An explanation of any challenges the department faced in obtaining data to produce the report required by this subdivision.

                     § 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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