Albany, NY Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

To propose new monuments, markers, and works of public art to be placed on City-owned property, to develop a procedure for accepting applications for new monuments, markers, or works of public art on public property, and to receive such applications from members of the public;

C. To afford the public an opportunity to provide comment on proposed actions and, having provided such an opportunity to the public, to approve or deny those proposed actions. The Commission shall then communicate its decision to the Mayor who shall then respond within six weeks of the decision what action, if any, the City shall take with regard to its proposal and the reasoning behind it;

D. To work in coordination with the Mayor's office and any necessary municipal departments and commissions to supervise the establishment, erection, or installation of any approved monument, marker, or work of public art, in accordance with all applicable laws;

E. To review the appropriateness of existing monuments, both overall and in the particular context and location of a given monument. If the Commission finds that a particular monument, marker, or work of public art is not appropriate, the Commission shall recommend that the City re-contextualize such monument, marker, or work of public art, or may recommend its renovation or removal in accordance with all applicable laws; and

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