Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the council's recommendation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10653
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ROMERO -- 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 renam-
ing agency building one, agency building two, agency building three
and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza
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. (a) In collaboration with the commissioner of the office of gener-
4 al services, the council shall make a recommendation to the governor on
5 the naming of agency building one, agency building two, agency building
6 three and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza. The
7 council shall be guided by the following in their work:
8 (i) the buildings shall not be named for any person either living or
9 not; and
10 (ii) the buildings shall be named based on geographic features and/or
11 historical events that represent the state.
12 (b) The governor, in accordance with the council's recommendations and
13 after a robust public engagement effort, shall determine the names of
14 agency building one, agency building two, agency building three and
15 agency building four, within sixty days after the council submits their
16 recommendation.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundredth day after it
18 shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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