Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/13/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
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T2026-1818 *   Oversight – Commemorating Juneteenth and Honoring Burial Sites of Formerly Enslaved African Americans.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2026-1818 *   Oversight – Commemorating Juneteenth and Honoring Burial Sites of Formerly Enslaved African Americans.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0220-2026 *Kamillah Hanks  A report and map of historical African American burial sites.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS), in consultation with other city agencies, organizations and experts, to provide a report to the public about historical African American burial sites. The report would be required to include a list of all known burial sites historically associated with formerly enslaved persons or historically African American communities citywide, along with certain information about each site. The report would also include a plan to locate any currently unmarked historical African American burial sites citywide. It would also include recommendations for the preservation or commemoration of the burial sites as well as recommendations for sources of potential resources or support to preserve the sites, including from state or federal historic preservation programs. This bill would also require DORIS to notify elected officials and community boards when a burial site has been located in their district. Finally, this bill would require DORIS to make educational materials available to City residents about the burial sites and develop and maintain an interactive online map of the burial sites.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0220-2026 *Kamillah Hanks  A report and map of historical African American burial sites.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS), in consultation with other city agencies, organizations and experts, to provide a report to the public about historical African American burial sites. The report would be required to include a list of all known burial sites historically associated with formerly enslaved persons or historically African American communities citywide, along with certain information about each site. The report would also include a plan to locate any currently unmarked historical African American burial sites citywide. It would also include recommendations for the preservation or commemoration of the burial sites as well as recommendations for sources of potential resources or support to preserve the sites, including from state or federal historic preservation programs. This bill would also require DORIS to notify elected officials and community boards when a burial site has been located in their district. Finally, this bill would require DORIS to make educational materials available to City residents about the burial sites and develop and maintain an interactive online map of the burial sites.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0082-2026 *Amanda C. Farías  Celebrating the Feast of San Gennaro and the Ferragosto Festival.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0082-2026 *Amanda C. Farías  Celebrating the Feast of San Gennaro and the Ferragosto Festival.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0424-2026 *Kevin C. Riley  Declaring January 5 as Kappa Alpha Psi Day.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0424-2026 *Kevin C. Riley  Declaring January 5 as Kappa Alpha Psi Day.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0440-2026 *Amanda C. Farías  Declaring April 28 as Willie Colón Day.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0440-2026 *Amanda C. Farías  Declaring April 28 as Willie Colón Day.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0450-2026 *Nantasha M. Williams  Declaring June 28 as Maria Antonia Cay Day.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0450-2026 *Nantasha M. Williams  Declaring June 28 as Maria Antonia Cay Day.Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available