A10653 • 2025

Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza

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Sponsor: Amy Paulin
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Passed Senate
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza

Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza 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.

What This Bill Does

Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza 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.

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Bill History

2026-06-03 Senate
SUBSTITUTED FOR S9685
2026-06-03 Senate
3RD READING CAL.1662
2026-06-03 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-03 Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-04-28 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-04-28 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-04-28 Senate
REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
2026-04-23 Assembly
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.384
2026-04-22 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-03-19 Assembly
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Requires the council on arts to make recommendations on the renaming of the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza
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.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10653

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     March 19, 2026
                                       ___________

        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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