Int 0137-2022

Requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2022-03-24

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-03-24Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require each covered agency to translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any documents provided by the federal and state government that relate to declarations of emergency affecting New York City. It would also require agency language access plans to consider providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages.

Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.

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12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 647 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2022-03-24 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2022-03-24 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Governmental Operations

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Governmental Operations

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Small Business

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Small Business

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Immigration

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2022-11-02 · Committee on Immigration

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (7)

Committee on Immigration · 2022-11-02 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Small Business · 2022-11-02 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Governmental Operations · 2022-11-02 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Immigration · 2022-10-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Governmental Operations · 2022-10-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Committee on Small Business · 2022-10-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

City Council · 2022-03-24 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 23-1102 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 30 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows: 5. incorporate planning to address language access needs in the agency's emergency preparedness and response, including considering providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages; � 2. Section 23-1102 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new subdivision e to read as follows: e. Each covered agency shall translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any document that the federal and state government provides to such agency that relates to a declaration of emergency affecting the city. � 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. NLB LS #6882 3/7/2022 1 1 2 2