Int 0550-2024
Voter assistance advisory committee providing interpreters and materials in Arabic.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2024-03-07
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2024-03-07Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Voter Assistance Advisory Committee to provide Arabic interpreters at poll sites with 50 or more voting age residents with limited English proficiency whose primary language is Arabic.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation — 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, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2024-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 550
- Int. No. 550
- March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 7, 2024
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 1054 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
d. The committee shall provide Arabic language interpreters for all poll sites which contain an election district with 50 or more voting age residents with limited English proficiency based on United States census data, or American community survey data, whose primary language is Arabic. Such data shall be reviewed every two years, beginning on January 1, 2023. To the extent permissible under state law, such interpreters shall be made available to the public within such poll sites, provided that where it is not permissible then such interpreters shall be made available to the public within a legally permissible distance of such poll site.
� 2. This local law takes effect six months after becoming law.
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