a. The department shall implement a program to approve, subject to appropriations, from qualified not-for-profit organizations, including borough arts councils, the submission of works of art for display on temporary protective structures. Any such works of art approved pursuant to this section must be consistent with the Zoning Resolution and comply with the rules of the department. The department, in consultation with the department of buildings, shall, to the extent received, biennially approve at least 40 such works of art for such display. The not-for-profit organization that proposed a work of art for display shall secure the prior consent of the owner of the protective structure to display such proposed work.
b. The department shall annually disseminate information about the program established by this chapter, including language soliciting submissions of works of art for display on temporary protective structures, to city agencies and entities, including the following, which may share such information with members of the public served by such agencies or entities:
1. the city university of New York;
2. the commission on human rights;
3. the department for the aging;
4. the department of consumer and worker protection;
5. the department of correction;
6. the department of education;
7. the department of health and mental hygiene;
8. the department of homeless services;
9. the department of veterans' services;
10. the department of youth and community development;
11. the New York city health and hospitals corporation;
12. the New York public library;
13. the Brooklyn public library;
14. the Queens public library; and
15. residents of the New York city housing authority
From among the works of art received in response to such solicitation, the department, in consultation with the department of buildings, shall biennially approve no less than 10 such works of art for such display purposes.
c. No later than September 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall post information about works of art approved pursuant to subdivision a, subdivision b, and section 3307.11.2.1 of the New York city building code on the department's website. Such information shall include an artist credit for each work of art, and may also include information about any entity that has agreed to defray the costs of developing and posting such artwork, including a developer, builder or an outside organization. Such website shall also include information about artists available to participate in the program, as well as information for property owners seeking to commission artwork pursuant to section 3307.11.2.1 of the New York city building code.
(L.L. 2021/163, 12/24/2021, eff. 9/1/2023)