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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-717.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district"
+description: "Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 717"
+citation: "New York A 717 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Gibbs"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2024-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/205da548-eded-489f-9959-5d65a767cf31"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A717"
+source_hash: "da2279ca826380e8dd52f084fd74e2750820d52fb294fb04c59c615d0498cd6b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 717 (2023-2024) — Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district
+
+Empowers the council on the arts to designate East Harlem as a cultural district.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A717&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A717A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A717A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eddie Gibbs — primary (person)
+- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
+- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
+- Clyde Vanel — cosponsor (person)
+- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
+- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Didi Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
+- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Rivera — cosponsor (person)
+- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen McMahon — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
+- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Michaelle C. Solages — cosponsor (person)
+- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
+- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 717A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-30** REPORTED
+- **2024-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.227
+- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.227
+- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3565A
+- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1831
+- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.677 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/205da548-eded-489f-9959-5d65a767cf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+