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NY A 194

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Enacts the New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Enacts the "New York city Caribbean steel pan educational music program act"; requires community school boards in the city of New York to authorize, where reasonable, the use of school grounds in the summer months for use by any steel pan music organization to practice for the Labor Day Parade (West Indian Carnival).

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Brian Cunninghamprimary
  • Monique Chandler-Watermancosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor
  • Chantel Jacksoncosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
  • George Alvarezcosponsor
  • Eddie Gibbscosponsor
  • Scott H. Bendettcosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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