The New York City Council - File #: Int 0137-2022

• File #: Int 0137-2022
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 3/24/2022
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages
• Sponsors: Julie Won, Shahana K. Hanif, Crystal Hudson, Gale A. Brewer, Sandra Ung, Shekar Krishnan, Althea V. Stevens, Rita C. Joseph, Chi A. Ossé, Marjorie Velázquez, James F. Gennaro, Tiffany Cabán, Sandy Nurse, Lynn C. Schulman, Nantasha M. Williams, Julie Menin, Alexa Avilés, Mercedes Narcisse, Eric Dinowitz, Farah N. Louis, Amanda Farías, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Lincoln Restler, Justin L. Brannan, Diana I. Ayala, Erik D. Bottcher, Kevin C. Riley, Christopher Marte, Carlina Rivera , Pierina Ana Sanchez, Inna Vernikov
• Council Member Sponsors: 31
• Summary: This bill would require each covered agency to translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any documents provided by the federal and state government that relate to declarations of emergency affecting New York City. It would also require agency language access plans to consider providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2023	*	Julie Won	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Immigration	Laid Over by Committee
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Immigration	Hearing Held by Committee
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Small Business	Laid Over by Committee
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Small Business	Hearing Held by Committee
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
11/2/2022	*	Julie Won	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
3/24/2022	*	Julie Won	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/24/2022	*	Julie Won	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 137

By Council Members Won, Hanif, Hudson, Brewer, Ung, Krishnan, Stevens, Joseph, Ossé, Velázquez, Gennaro, Cabán, Nurse, Schulman, Williams, Menin, Avilés, Narcisse, Dinowitz, Louis, Farías, De La Rosa, Restler, Brannan, Ayala, Bottcher, Riley, Marte, Rivera, Sanchez and Vernikov

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 23-1102 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 30 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

5. incorporate planning to address language access needs in the agency’s emergency preparedness and response, including considering providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages;

§ 2. Section 23-1102 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new subdivision e to read as follows:

e. Each covered agency shall translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any document that the federal and state government provides to such agency that relates to a declaration of emergency affecting the city.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

NLB                     

LS #6882                     

3/7/2022