State Senator José M. Serrano Joins 'One Percent for Culture' Campaign

By: BWW News Desk Aug. 23, 2013

As the political races throughout New York City reach their peak, candidates, thought leaders, businesses, organizations, and prominent New Yorkers are showing their support for the One Percent for Culture campaign that seeks to increase funding to the city's 1,300-plus non-profit cultural organizations.

State Senator José M. Serrano is the most recent member of the One Percent for Culture Advisory Council and has lent his name in support of the campaign. The Advisory Council has expanded to 58 prominent advocates of New York City culture. This diverse group includes well known names from the arts and entertainment industry like actor Sigourney Weaver, actor John Turturro, actor Steve Buscemi, artist Laurie Anderson, actor Annabella Sciorra, and New York Giants wide receiverHakeem Nicks. The Advisory Council also includes prominent leaders from New York's business and cultural communities including Jonathan Tisch and Tim Zagat. Each member of the advisory council and coalition have lent their names in support of increasing funding to the organizations that that draw millions of tourists to the city and generate much needed tourism dollars to the city's communities and neighborhood businesses - and inspire and teach young artists, musicians, actors, and dancers.

According to the Campaign Finance Board, 265 candidates have filed to run for office in New York City. Sixty-seven - 25 percent - of those candidates have signed in support of One Percent for Culture's mission to increase the percentage of the annual municipal expense budget allocated to non-profit cultural organizations to one percent from the current allocation of less than one quarter of one percent (0.22%). In six City Council races, all candidates have signed in support of the campaign - Manhattan dist. 1, Manhattan dist. 3, Queens dist. 26, Brooklyn dist. 33, Brooklyn dist. 38, and Brooklyn dist. 39.

"With many candidates for city council, borough-wide, and city-wide offices showing their support for an increase in city funding for culture, we are confident that funding and supporting culture will be a priority for legislators in the next administration," said Heather Woodfield, Executive Director of One Percent for Culture.

Non-profit culture creates more than 120,000 jobs and generates $8.1 billion in economic activity. More than 24 million tourists are drawn to the city's world-class cultural offerings each year.

New York City is home to more than 1,300 cultural organizations and thousands of artists. New York City's cultural community is a broad spectrum that includes performing arts centers, art galleries, dance troupes, orchestras, non-profit theater companies, museums, community arts programs, zoos, botanical gardens, and more.

About One Percent for Culture: One Percent for Culture is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that does not support, oppose or endorse candidates for elective office.

One Percent for Culture is a non-partisan, grassroots, five-borough campaign whose mission is to demonstrate the value of culture to New York City. The campaign is generating support for an increase in the city's financial commitment to the nonprofit cultural community, including artists of all disciplines, to a full one percent of the municipal expense budget.

For more information about the One Percent for Culture campaign or to join the coalition, visit www.OneforCulture.org.

One Percent for Culture steering committee, advisory council, and coalition partners:

One Percent for Culture Steering Committee:
16 Members

Frederick Beinecke, President of Antaeus Enterprises; Trustee of the National Gallery of Art and Wildlife Conservation Society

Randall Bourscheidt, President Emeritus, Alliance for the Arts

John F. Calvelli, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Wildlife Conservation Society; Chair, One Percent for Culture Steering Committee

Patricia Cruz, Executive Director, Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall

Jenny Dixon, Director, Noguchi Museum

Karen Brooks Hopkins, President, Brooklyn Academy Of Music

Tino Gagliardi, President, American Federation of Musicians Local 802

Adam Huttler, Executive Director, Fractured Atlas

Lynn Kelly, President & Chief Executive Officer, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens

Richard Kessler, Dean, Mannes College The New School for Music

Sheila Lewandowski, Executive Director, The Chocolate Factory

Mike Marinello, Director of Communications, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Senior Advisor, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Norma Munn, Chair, NYC Arts Coalition

Cristyne Nicholas, CEO, Nicholas & Lence Communications LLC

Voza Rivers, Chair, Harlem Arts Alliance

Peter Vallone Sr., Former Speaker, New York City Council

Complete list of One Percent for Culture Advisory Council (Alphabetical)
58 - Total to Date

Jane Alexander, Former Director, National Endowment for the ArtsLaurie Anderson, ArtistJeremy Barbera, Chief Executive Officer, Pivot Entertainment Group PLCLinda Baran, President, Staten Island Chamber of Commerce

Steve Buscemi, Actor

Lenny Caro, President/CEO, Bronx Chamber of CommerceAlfred C. Cerullo, III, President/CEO Grand Central Partnership and Commissioner of the New York City Planning Commission Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art SocietyMelanie Cohn,Executive Director, Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten IslandDoreen Cugno, Co-Founder & Executive Director, St. George Theatre

Jon Del Giorno, Founding Member, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin LLC

Helena Durst, Co-Vice President, The Durst OrganizationRobert Esnard, President, Manhattan Skyline Management; former Deputy Mayor for Policy & Physical DevelopmentAlan Fishman, Chairman of the Board, Brooklyn Academy Of Music

Jack Friedman, Executive Director, Queens Chamber of Commerce

Ethan Geto, Principal, Geto & de Milly, Inc.Jonathan D. Green, Independent Director, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. and Vice Chairman, The Rockefeller Group, Inc.Tamara Greenfield, Executive Director, Fourth Arts BlockDavid Hallberg, DancerRobert Hammond, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Friends of the High LineHugh Hardy, Founding Partner, H3 Hardy Collaboration ArchitectureLane Harwell, Director, Dance/NYCMarilyn Hoyt, Former President, New York Hall of ScienceHoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Executive Director, Queens Council on the ArtsJustin Krebs, Board Chair, The TankTerry Lawler, Executive Director, New York Women in Film and TelevisionAndrea Louie, Executive Director, Asian American Arts AllianceGinny Louloudes, Executive Director, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York Kristin Marting, Artistic Director, HEREJoseph McElroy, Founder, Optimize New York; Board of Governors, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New YorkGifford Miller, Former Speaker, New York City CouncilPaul Nagle, Executive Director, Cultural Strategies InitiativeAdam Natale, Director, SVA Theatre

Hakeem Nicks, Player, New York Giants

Victor Papa, President/Director, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council

Nancy Ploeger, President, Brooklyn Arts CouncilDavid Pollak, Director Marketing and Investor Relations, Pegasus Capital; Secretary, Eastern Caucus, Democratic National CommitteeEric Pryor, Executive Director, Center for Arts Education

Frances A. Resheske, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Con Edison

Andrew Rigie, Executive Director, New York City Hospitality AllianceDaryl Roth, Producer, Daryl Roth ProductionsLisa Schiff, Former Chairman of the Board, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Annabella Sciorra, Actor

Carlo Scissura, President and CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of CommerceDeirdre Scott, Executive Director, Bronx Council on the ArtsJosé M. Serrano, New York State SenatorClaire Shulman, Former Queens Borough PresidentJoseph Spinnato,President and CEO, Hotel Association of New York CityHoward Teich, President, Howard Teich NetworkJonathan Tisch, Chairman, Loews Hotels & ResortsTim Tompkins, President, Times Square AllianceJohn Turturro, ActorMeg Ventrudo, Executive Director, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan ArtClaudia Wagner, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPSigourney Weaver, Actor

Aaaron Welch, Partner/CEO, Advomatic

Ella Weiss, President, Brooklyn Arts Council

Tim Zagat, Co-Founder, Zagat

Complete list of One Percent for Culture Coalition Partners (Alphabetical by Borough)
-- All NYC boroughs and all City Council Districts are represented -
544 - Total to Date

Bronx

Actuator Inc.

African American Women In Cinema

Aleathia's Original Artwork

Amalgamated Housing Corporation

Belmont District Management Association

Bronx Art Space

Bronx Bricks, LLC

Bronx Chamber of Commerce

Bronx Children's Museum

Bronx Council for Environmental Quality

Bronx Council on the Arts

The Bronx County Historical Society

Bronx Dance Theater

Bronx House School for the Performing Arts

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Bronx River Art Center

Bronx River Sankofa

Bronx Teen Health Center

Bronx Times Reporter

The Bronx Tourism Council

Bronx Zoo (Wildlife Conservation Society)

BronxMama

City Island Civic Association

Claremont Neighborhood Centers, Inc.

Community Board 11

Comprehensive Films, Inc.

Corporate Performance Artists

Creston Avenue Baptist Church

Elisa Contemporary Art

Fordham Road Business Improvement District

Friends of Brook Park

Friends of the Hudson River Greenway

Goodwill Industries (149th St.)

Goodwill Industries Adult Self Help Program

HOGAR Garden Plaza

HOGAR, INC

Hunts Point Multi Service Center/Chemical Dependence Program

Jerome Gunhill Business Improvement District

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Lehman College Art Gallery

Life in a New World

Lightning Graphics

Mid Bronx CCRP ECC #3

Montefiore Medical Center

The New York Botanical Garden

New York Urban League

NYPL Bronx Center Library

Phipps Community Development Corporation

Phipps/Lambert

Project Y.E.A.H.

Rain Eastchester Senior Center

Ranachqua Foundation

Riverbay Fund

Sebco Senior Program

South Bronx Mental Health

SUNY North Bronx Outreach Center

TAMMI - Technology Art Movie & Microbusiness Incubator

Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation

Wave Hill

Westchester Square Business Improvement District

Westchester Square Merchants Assn.

White Plains Road DMA

Brooklyn

3rdEyeSol Art Gallery

501 Union

A Brooklyn Love Story LLC

Above Construction

Above Glamour

Abraxas Stage Company

ActNow Foundation, Inc.

Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Art Gowanus

Art in Odd Places

Artefacting

Arts & Democracy Project

Arts in Bushwick

Asian American Arts Alliance

Astella Development Corp

Bandwagon.io

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

Bay Ridge Parks & Waterfront Council

BNS Sessions

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn

The Brick Theater, Inc.

Brighton Beach BID

Brooklyn Academy Of Music

Brooklyn Aquarium Society

Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC)

Brooklyn Beach Shop

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Children's Theatre

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Brooklyn Cyclones

Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Philharmonic

Brooklyn Public Library

The Brooklyn Steppers

Brooklyn Streetcar Artists' Group

Brooklyn the Borough

BROOKLYN UNICO

Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition

Center for Performance Research

Central Amusement International LLC

Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium

Chez Bushwick, Inc.

Cibbows

Community Board 9

Community Board 13

Community Mayors, Inc.

Coney Island Dancers

Coney Island Generation Gap

Coney Island History Project

Coney Island Polar Bear Club

Coney Island USA

Cool Culture, Inc.

Crown Heights Film Festival

Dance Theatre Etc.

Dancewave

De Nonno Productions, Inc.

Deno's Wonder Wheel Park

Driven Local

DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance

Eco-Poetry.org

Enrico Caruso Museum of America

Exit Strata

Freedom Academy High School

Friends of Kaiser Park

Galapagos Art Space

Gargiulo's Restaurant

Genspace NYC

Gowanus Art and Production

grafilicious inc.

Granola Lab

The Green Building

Greenwood Historic Fund, Greenwood Cemetery

Groundswell Mural Project

Hawthorne Corners Day Care Center

Heart of Brooklyn

Heritage Foods USA

Heritage Radio Network

Hip-Hop Theater Festival

Hip Tot Music Festival

Human Impacts Institute

I.D.E.A.S.

Ifetayo Cultural Arts

il Fornetto

Irondale Ensemble Project

Italian American Writers Association

Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst

Kentler International Drawing Space

Kim Holleman Studio

League of Independent Theaters

LIFE/John Coker Earlylearn Center

Livewellnyc

Lola Staar Boutique

Mari Meade Dance Collective

Marie Claire Photographie

Mediterranean Celtic Cultural Assoc.

Michael Rodi, Attorney at Law, P.C.

MOVE Inc.

The Mud/Bone Collective

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art

Nathan's Famous

Naturally Delicious

New York Aquarium (The Wildlife Conservation Society)

New York Foundation for the Arts

New York Transit Museum

NU Hotel

The OMNI Ensemble

Open Source

Opera Company of Brooklyn

Operating Theater

Orange Fog Studio

Our Goods

P & H Soda Co.

Page 73 Productions

Patrice Hall & Associates, LLC

Pizza Wagon

Prospect Park Zoo (Wildlife Conservation Society)

Pop World, Inc.

Quest Youth Organization

Racoco Production

Regina Opera Company

REVERSE

Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council

Rising Phoenix Repertory

Rosalie Joseph Casting

RS Communications and Media

Ruby's Bar and Grill

Sackett Bar

Salt and Sea Mission

Schmook's

Self-Leadership Strategies

Shelley Della Rocca

South Brooklyn Youth Consortium Inc.


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