{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-859","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Charter § 859","heading":"Section 859. Annual report.","body":"1. \n\t\t\t\t\t\tDefinitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:\n\nActed upon. The term \"acted upon\" means an action by the commission on a submission in the form of an approval, approval with conditions, or rejection.\n\nCommented upon. The term \"commented upon\" means written comments on a submission provided to the sponsoring agency by the commission, a special committee within the commission or the executive director as designated by the commission.\n\nReview cycle. The term \"review cycle\" means the time between the deadline for the filing of a submission to the commission and the scheduled date of the next public meeting of the commission.\n\n2. Not later than August 1, 2018 and no later than August 1 every year thereafter, the commission shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post online a report with the following data for the previous calendar year:\n\ni. Total number of submissions received by the commission, including submissions for conceptual, preliminary and final review, and disaggregated by the following:\n\n(a) Construction, renovation, or restoration of structures, including but not limited to buildings and bridges;\n\n(b) Construction or reconstruction of parks, open spaces, and streetscapes;\n\n(c) Distinctive sidewalks;\n\n(d) Distinctive lighting;\n\n(e) Newsstands;\n\n(f) Signage;\n\n(g) Installation of new works of art;\n\n(h) Conservation of works of art;\n\n(i) Removal or relocation of works of art;\n\n(j) Private structures extending over or upon city-owned land;\n\nii. (a) Total number of submissions received by the commission where the review cycle extended into the following year;\n\n(b) Total number of submissions received by the commission prior to the year being reported that were not acted upon by the commission in the year being reported;\n\niii. Number of submissions acted or commented upon, disaggregated by the following:\n\n(a) Number of submissions approved;\n\n(b) Number of submissions approved with conditions;\n\n(c) Number of submissions rejected in whole;\n\n(d) Number of submissions commented upon;\n\niv. (a) Percentage of submissions acted upon in one review cycle;\n\n(b) Percentage of submissions acted upon in two review cycles;\n\n(c) Percentage of submissions acted upon in three or more review cycles;\n\nv. Number of submissions received, disaggregated by city agency and borough;\n\nvi. Names of commission members during the year being reported;\n\nvii. Summary of methods or procedure used to determine approval or rejection of submissions;\n\nviii. Number of new works of art that would depict a nonfictional person, historical or otherwise, including a description of each such work of art; the agency which submitted each such work of art; and whether each such submission was approved, approved with conditions, rejected, or commented upon;\n\nix. Summary of guidance provided to agencies pursuant to subdivision d of section 857; and\n\nx. Any other information the commission deems relevant.\n\n(L.L. 2017/017, 2/15/2017, eff. 2/15/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/136, 7/14/2019, eff. 11/11/2019)","path":["New York City Charter","Chapter 37: Art Commission"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Charter/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:59Z","sha256":"6e69128aad6208882891586b23d8cb6c575d0886ec25654e5ab0bca2eb496b91","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":true,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-858","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-860"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}