One of the strongest visual associations with the historical memory of the New Deal is the Works Progress Administration's art, theater and murals.

Serious question: Do either the federal Green New Deal or its local progeny envision increased government funding of the arts?

From what I can see, there's not a word of it in the House bill, and it's not on a 130+ point list of the New York City "indicators" of its GND: OneNYC.

It seems notable how far government arts funding has been marginalized that this part of the New Deal has been discarded.

There also seems to be a sad contradiction about an initiative that asks the public to be bold, ambitious and visionary, while simultaneously shredding all that artsy stuff from the legislation that inspired it.