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Int 0725-2024

Requiring the department for the aging to report on senior and accessible dwelling units.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Agingintroduced 2024-03-19

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-03-19Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require New York City Aging (“NYCA,” formerly the Department for the Aging), in collaboration with Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), to submit an annual report on how many seniors live in apartment buildings in each Council district and how many of those apartments are retrofitted for people with disabilities, including mobility issues.

Committee on AgingDepartment for the Aging and all federal, State and municipal programs pertinent to senior citizens.

How it compares

44% of similar bills passed

22 passed · 28 died

This bill: 651 days in committee

Similar bills: median 375 days · 125 days when passed

Sponsors (16)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-19 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-09-22 · Committee on Aging
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-09-22 · Committee on Aging
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Aging · 2025-09-22 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-03-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (10)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-210 to read as follows: � 21-210 Annual report on seniors and accessible housing. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: The term "multiple dwelling" has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph 7 of subdivision a of section 27-2004. The term "senior" has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision a of section 21-208. b. Annual report. No later than December 31, 2023 and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the department for housing preservation and development, shall submit to the speaker of the council and post conspicuously to its website a report regarding senior and accessible housing. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information for the prior year in a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing: 1. The number of seniors living in multiple dwelling units in New York city, disaggregated by zip code and by council district; and 2. The number of multiple dwelling units in New York city which abide by universal design principles or which are otherwise designed or retrofitted to be accessible for individuals with disabilities or mobility issues, disaggregated by zip code and by council district. c. Personally identifiable information. No report required by subdivision b of this section shall contain personally identifiable information. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 13 LS #10931 1/18/24 Session 12 CP LS #10931 12/28/22 10:29 AM 2 1