As funding is made available, these pairings will be brought to the She Built NYC agency advisory board, consisting of representatives from relevant City agencies, offices and entities. When deciding upon future monuments, the City will consider the active public nominations list, including trends in the data; borough and subject diversity; site availability and appropriateness; and existing monuments within the City’s collection.

Future monuments — whether publicly or privately funded — may be selected from the list of women and women-related events that were nominated by the public. The City will work with relevant City agencies to pair potential subjects with available and viable sites.

The City will consider proposals for monuments that are on the public nomination list, fully funded, and include a maintenance endowment. With a limited number of available sites, subject to a variety of competing uses, not every proposed project will be approved. Priority will be given to new monuments that fill gaps in the City’s collection.

The proposal must be endorsed by the agency with jurisdiction over the proposed site, and will then be brought before the She Built NYC agency advisory board. Should the advisory board, upon review of a proposal, grant its conceptual endorsement, the appropriate agency staff will work with the sponsors to convene an artist selection panel and prepare the necessary design submission documents to the Public Design Commission.

Approval from both the lead agency (or, the agency with jurisdiction over the proposed site) and the Public Design Commission of the City of New York is required for all permanent installations. Additional information about Public Design Commission requirements and review can be found here.

In certain circumstances, local community board and/or Landmarks Preservation Commission review is additionally required. Agency staff will advise sponsors and assist with presentations at such public hearings.

Funders should send proposals and inquiries to [email protected].