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Establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2024-02-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the City’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility. Such a system would enable DSS to access current employment and income verifications through a real-time, automated verification service provided by a third-party. This service would streamline the secure transfer of information and benefit applicants by reducing administrative burdens and creating an accelerated decision process on whether an applicant is eligible for a particular benefit, with the goal of having faster application review times, reducing case backlogs, and detecting instances of fraud in real-time.

Committee on General WelfareHuman Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.

How it compares

46% of similar bills passed

23 passed · 27 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

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Sponsors (8)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-05-29 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-05-29 · Committee on General Welfare
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (4)

Committee on General Welfare · 2024-06-20 · 9:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2024-05-29 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2024-05-03 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (12)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-153 to read as follows: � 21-153 Third-party verification to determine benefits and services eligibility. In consultation with any other agency the commissioner deems appropriate, the commissioner shall establish a system to obtain employment and income information from a consumer reporting agency, in accordance with subchapter 3 of chapter 41 of title 15 of the United States code, for the purpose of determining eligibility of persons for benefits and services administered by the department. In carrying out the requirements of this section, the department shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, or local law relating to the privacy of information. � 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law. Session 13 SM LS #6274 11/13/2024 11:44 AM Session 12 ACK LS #6274 6/9/2022 1 1