Skip to content
Council Discourse

NYC Council meetings, chaptered and linked by time.

Independent project. Not affiliated with the New York City Council.

Created by Uzair Qadir

Inspired by Vikram Oberoi's City Meetings

Q&A

Chair Williams asks which CreateNYC commitments remain unfulfilled

New York City Council · Oct 19, 2026 · starts 1:08:42 · 1 min 23 sec

Vij says living wages for cultural workers and artists remain unfulfilled, arts education needs more work with DOE, and DCLA alone cannot change conditions without an all-of-government approach.

Nantasha M. Williams

Which major commitments remain unfulfilled?

Diya Vij

I think the ones that we were just talking about in terms of living wages for cultural workers and artists.

Diya Vij

I think there was, I do think that the piece of the plan, that was the lightest piece of the plan.

Diya Vij

Workers and artists are still struggling against this affordability crisis today.

Diya Vij

That's something we absolutely have to address.

Diya Vij

I think we have a lot of work to do with our colleagues in the DOE to continue to move arts education forward and to think about maybe new or deeper ways that the cultural field can collaborate with schools, although they do a lot already.

Diya Vij

And in general, just the kind of all of government approach.

Diya Vij

I think what we learned from the plan.

Diya Vij

It's like DCLA alone, right?

Diya Vij

The policies that come out of our office are not going to wholesale change the conditions for workers in New York City that will positively impact.

Diya Vij

Cultural workers and artists, that that's an all of government approach.

Diya Vij

So I think also in these areas where we're looking into that kind of inner city coordination, there's a lot more there to think about how culture is at the table across city government.

Diya Vij

It's not just DCLA holding it, but all of us together holding that work and that cultural inclusion is part of other agencies'priorities.