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Chair Williams asks what DCLA will propose for CreateNYC's original vision

New York City Council · Oct 19, 2026 · starts 1:31:44 · 1 min 32 sec

Chair asks what funding, institutional, or priority changes DCLA will propose; Vij says DCLA is gathering feedback and will share measurable priorities, but is not sure it will be a full-blown plan.

Nantasha M. Williams

Okay, the last question is what changes to

Nantasha M. Williams

funding allocations, institutional arrangements, or city priorities, is DCLA prepared to propose to fulfill Create NYC's original vision?

Diya Vij

Yeah, well, yes, we are in the process of doing this, these public engagements and collecting information and feedback from folks all over the city, different parts of the field, and also just New Yorkers that are

Diya Vij

participating in the cultural life to distill those top priorities and using lessons learned from that first plan really come up with.

Diya Vij

What is like measurable priorities for us to implement for this administration.

Nantasha M. Williams

Okay, and in that vein, will the next plan include dedicated funding, name agency responsibilities, measurable targets, enforceable deadlines?

Nantasha M. Williams

If not, how will it avoid repeating all the same accountability gaps?

Nantasha M. Williams

And then lastly, like from a visionary perspective, what concrete outcomes should New Yorkers expect by 2030?

Nantasha M. Williams

And when and where will DCLA publish progress against those commitments?

Diya Vij

Well, we are certainly committed to releasing our findings and priorities from that.

Diya Vij

I'm not.

Diya Vij

Sure that that will be a full-blown plan, but it will be

Diya Vij

direction that the public can see that they have participated in and put forth for us.

Diya Vij

And we are, you know, we'll be sharing that in the upcoming months with more detail.

Nantasha M. Williams

Thank you.