Int. No. 1180
By Council Member Wilson
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to informing cooling center visitors about social services
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 30-116 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision b-1 to read as follows:
b-1. Social service agency resources. 1. Requesting social service agency employees. Upon the request of cooling center staff, the commissioner shall coordinate with city agencies that provide social services to send employees of such agencies to the cooling center for the purpose of informing cooling center visitors about available social services and assisting them with applying for social services. At least once per year, the commissioner shall provide cooling center staff with information about when and how to request the presence or assistance of such employees and shall include such information as part of any training the commissioner provides to cooling center staff.
2. Annual report. No later than October 31, 2027, and annually thereafter no later than October 31 of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the speaker of the council and the mayor, and post on the department’s website, a report regarding cooling centers that have requested social service agency employees. Such a report shall include a summary of the information that the department provided to cooling center staff, as required in paragraph 1 of this subdivision, recommendations about how to improve efforts to connect cooling center visitors with social service agencies, and the following information about each cooling center request for social service agency employees:
(a) Location of cooling center;
(b) Date of request;
(c) Identified need of cooling center visitors that prompted the request;
(d) Social service agency requested; and
(e) Agency response and service provided to cooling center visitors.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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