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Int 1402-2016

Members of the art commission.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relationsintroduced 2016-12-06

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2016-12-06Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill would add the president of the Brooklyn Public Library and the president of the Queens Public Library to the members of the art commission.

Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup RelationsDepartment of Cultural Affairs, libraries, museums, Art Commission, New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, Mayor’s Office of Special Projects and Community Events, and to encourage harmony among the citizens of New York City, to promote the image of New York City and enhance the relationship of its citizens with the international community.

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17 passed · 33 died

This bill: 390 days in committee

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Sponsors (1)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-12-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2016-12-06 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2016-12-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (3)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of Section 851 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows: a. There shall be an art commission the members of which shall be the mayor, who may appoint a person to represent him and replace such representative at his pleasure, the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the president of the New York Public Library (Astor, Lenox and Tilden foundations), the president of the Brooklyn Public Library, the president of the Queens Public Library, the president of the Brooklyn Museum, one painter, one sculptor, one architect, and one landscape architect, all of whom shall be residents of the city, and three other residents of the city no one of whom shall be a painter, sculptor, architect, landscape architect or active member of any other profession in the fine arts. � 2. This local law shall take effect 90 days following its ratification by the voters of New York city in a referendum to be held in the general election next following its enactment. NKA LS# 9055 11/23/2016 12:18PM 2