Int 0289-2014

Provision of housing applications in multiple languages by the department of housing preservation and development.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2014-04-29Local Law 2017/027

Enacted as Local Law 2017/027.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2014-04-29Passed: 2017-03-18Enacted: 2017-03-18

Summary

Title 8 of the New York City Administrative Code requires certain agencies to provide materials in languages other than English, but the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is not currently subject to this requirement. This bill would require HPD to make all applications and corresponding instruction materials available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, and Spanish and allow HPD to use additional languages at its discretion. It would also require HPD to provide a notice, listing all the languages in which applications are available, with all application forms, on HPD’s website and in areas of HPD offices that are open to the public.

Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

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11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 1021 days in committee

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Sponsors (20)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2014-04-29 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2014-04-29 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2014-10-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2014-10-29 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2017-02-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm

2017-02-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

ActionAmended by Committee

2017-02-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

AdvancedApproved by Committee

2017-02-14 · Committee on Housing and Buildings

AdvancedApproved by Council

2017-02-15 · City Council

ActionSent to Mayor by Council

2017-02-15 · City Council

AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted

2017-03-18 · Administration

Votes (11)

Aye (10)

Helen K. RosenthalYdanis A. RodriguezMark LevineRitchie J. TorresEric A. UlrichRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Jumaane D. WilliamsRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Barry S. Grodenchik

Absent (1)

Rosie Mendez

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-02-15 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2017-02-14 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2014-10-29 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.

City Council · 2014-04-29 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (17)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Article 1 of subchapter 4 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-2096.1 to read as follows: � 27.2096.1 Application forms; languages required. a. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: Application form. The term "application form" means any application form or corresponding instruction materials that the department uses to select persons to whom it will provide services. Mandatory language. The term "mandatory language" means English and any covered language, as defined by subdivision j of section 8-1002. Optional language. The term "optional language" means any language other than a mandatory language. b. The department shall make all application forms available in all mandatory languages. c. The department may make application forms available in any optional language. d. The department shall provide a notice with all application forms that such application forms are available in all mandatory languages and any optional language used pursuant to subdivision c of this section. Such notice shall be written in all mandatory languages and any optional language in which application forms are provided pursuant to this section. e. The department shall prominently display, on its website and in portions of its offices that are open to the public, notices that application forms are available in all mandatory languages and any optional language in which application forms are provided pursuant to this section. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of housing and preservation development may take any actions necessary, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date. Wcj/MPC LS# 0999-2014 11/4/16 4:49pm - 1 -