Int. No. 176
By Council Members Marte, Hanif, Brewer, Menin, Hanks, Riley, Williams and Schulman (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law in relation to requiring a report on outreach by the department of education and the department of health and mental hygiene to individuals who were students, teachers and staff at schools near the World Trade Center during the 2001-2002 school year
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. No later than the first anniversary of the effective date of this local law, the department of education, in collaboration with the department of health and mental hygiene, shall submit to the council a report on outreach to all individuals who were enrolled as students or employed as teachers or staff members at schools within one and one-half miles of the World Trade Center during the 2001-2002 school year. Such report shall, at a minimum:
1. Include information about all efforts to inform such individuals about their eligibility for any programs to help, monitor or compensate individuals who may have been harmed as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and its aftermath, including, without limitation, the World Trade Center Health Registry, the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund;
2. Identify any difficulties in identifying or contacting such individuals as well as any other gaps or deficiencies in such outreach efforts; and
3. Make recommendations regarding further outreach to such individuals.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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