Continue to conduct research and analysis to estimate the economic impacts of dance in New York City, including the valuation of dance as cultural production.

Engage in cross-sectoral advocacy at local, state, and federal levels for the acceptance and use of alternative business structures for dance (e,g., existing alternative legal business structures, tax law changes, the establishment of new legal structures and organizational frameworks, etc.).

Design and implement a broad communications campaign, including the development and dissemination of publicly available advocacy tools that effectively illustrate the role and value of dance in society and the benefits it provides to all.

Engage in intentional cross-sectoral advocacy at the neighborhood, city, state, and federal levels for increased wages, wage standards, and clear and transparent employment policies and practices (employment status, wages, benefits, contract terms) to position dance as dignified work and artists as necessary workers.

Develop and advance explicit social and racial justice, disability justice, and immigrant rights agendas to inspire policy shifts within the dance industry, including policy, funding, and programs that increase racial justice in dance and culture to government, foundation, and nonprofit sectors.

Ensure that the application, selection, and work process on government contract, certification, and granting programs is not overly laborious, and thus exclusionary, through support of the Streamlining Federal Grants: House Companion Bill and other measures.

Ensure eligibility of dance entities in Women and Minority Owned Businesses (WMOB) and small business administration programs regardless of business structure. Nonprofit organizations and B-Corps are currently ineligible for these programs.

Require city, state, and federal governments to guarantee timely payment of contracts and labor to mitigate cash- flow issues.

Support bills in development and approval processes that stand to benefit dance workers and entities on the local, state, and federal levels, including the Performing Arts Parity Act and the Creative Economy Revitalization Act.

Create new laws that encourage use of new and existing space for dance, such as tax incentives and/or programs where new developments prioritize and highly subsidize space for dance making.

Ensure government funding and contracts include proper cost-of-living increases to workers and vet for the payment of living wages.

Ensure that arts workers who working within city government are paid living wages and receive proper cost-of-living increases to stay in step with inflation.