Int 0849-2026
Introduction
Requiring a designated agency to develop and implement a cultural passport program encouraging visitation to participating sites in each borough.
- Title
- Requiring a designated agency to develop and implement a cultural passport program encouraging visitation to participating sites in each borough.
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted
- Introduced
- 2026-04-16
Sponsors
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Shanel Thomas-Henry Council Member, District 21 (Queens)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
Money behind the sponsors
Money spent in the sponsors' 2025 election races, not on this bill. Outside spending is independent of the campaigns; PAC gifts went directly to a sponsor's campaign. NYC Campaign Finance Board.
- Virginia Maloney 5 outside spenders · 13 PAC gifts $472,364
- Crystal Hudson 6 outside spenders · 27 PAC gifts $463,226
- Shanel Thomas-Henry 4 outside spenders · 13 PAC gifts $419,431
- Farah N. Louis 1 outside spender · 2 PAC gifts $114,850
- Chris Banks 1 outside spender · 3 PAC gifts $32,057
- Nantasha M. Williams 14 PAC gifts $11,250
- Lincoln Restler 8 PAC gifts $5,725
Shared backers of the sponsors
Lobbying clients, PACs, or outside spenders tied to more than one of this bill's sponsors — through lobbying that named them, PAC gifts to their campaigns, or outside spending in their races. About the sponsors' money and lobbying, not a claim about this bill.
- Cozen O'Connor PAC Tied to 6 of the 7 sponsors
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Tied to 5 of the 7 sponsors
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Inc. Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- Macerich Management Company Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- Affordable New York Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- District Council 37 (AFSCME) Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- NYC District Council of Carpenters Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- 32BJ SEIU American Dream Fund Tied to 4 of the 7 sponsors
- LIVEON NY Tied to 3 of the 7 sponsors
- BHRAGS Home Care, Corp. Tied to 3 of the 7 sponsors
- New York City Center Inc. Tied to 3 of the 7 sponsors
- EAC, Inc. Tied to 3 of the 7 sponsors