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Arts organizations urge a dedicated arts fund and affordable creative spaces in 1 LIC
Summary
Arts and culture groups, producers and cultural institutions told the hearing the CIty’s plan lacks binding commitments to preserve and expand arts space; speakers asked for zoning incentives for below‑market cultural space, a developer‑funded LIC arts fund managed by a third party, and capital support for small arts organizations.
Artists, cultural organizations and cultural institutions pressed city leaders at the Queensborough land‑use hearing to include concrete and enforceable arts commitments in the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan.
"The DEIS and the 1 LIC plan failed to address a comprehensive plan for arts and culture," said Carisha Bhatan, founding executive director of the Queensborough Dance Festival, testifying as both an arts leader and a community board member. She and other speakers urged zoning incentives for developers to provide long‑term below‑market arts spaces and a developer‑funded LIC arts fund "operated by a third party…
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