---
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).