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Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/9/2025 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
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Int 1208-2025 *Jennifer Gutiérrez Proposed Int. No. 1208-AReport and study on air conditioning in homeless shelters.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, to issue a biannual report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the availability of air conditioning in homeless shelters. The report would, in part, include information on which shelters have any air conditioning, the location of air conditioners, the type of air conditioning provided, repair needs, which shelters installed air conditioning during the past reporting period, and which shelters are planning to install air conditioning within the next reporting period. The report would have to be posted on the Department of Social Service’s website. The bill would also require that the respective Council Member be notified within 30 days of any outage of air conditioning for 72 hours or more at a shelter in their district. The bill would also require a one-time study assessing the needs required to install air conditioning in shelters that do not have air conditioning.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1208-2025 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Report and study on air conditioning in homeless shelters.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, to issue a biannual report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the availability of air conditioning in homeless shelters. The report would, in part, include information on which shelters have any air conditioning, the location of air conditioners, the type of air conditioning provided, repair needs, which shelters installed air conditioning during the past reporting period, and which shelters are planning to install air conditioning within the next reporting period. The report would have to be posted on the Department of Social Service’s website. The bill would also require that the respective Council Member be notified within 30 days of any outage of air conditioning for 72 hours or more at a shelter in their district. The bill would also require a one-time study assessing the needs required to install air conditioning in shelters that do not have air conditioning.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 1208-2025 *Jennifer Gutiérrez  Report and study on air conditioning in homeless shelters.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, to issue a biannual report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the availability of air conditioning in homeless shelters. The report would, in part, include information on which shelters have any air conditioning, the location of air conditioners, the type of air conditioning provided, repair needs, which shelters installed air conditioning during the past reporting period, and which shelters are planning to install air conditioning within the next reporting period. The report would have to be posted on the Department of Social Service’s website. The bill would also require that the respective Council Member be notified within 30 days of any outage of air conditioning for 72 hours or more at a shelter in their district. The bill would also require a one-time study assessing the needs required to install air conditioning in shelters that do not have air conditioning.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1208-2025 AJennifer Gutiérrez  Report and study on air conditioning in homeless shelters.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, to issue a biannual report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the availability of air conditioning in homeless shelters. The report would, in part, include information on which shelters have any air conditioning, the location of air conditioners, the type of air conditioning provided, repair needs, which shelters installed air conditioning during the past reporting period, and which shelters are planning to install air conditioning within the next reporting period. The report would have to be posted on the Department of Social Service’s website. The bill would also require that the respective Council Member be notified within 30 days of any outage of air conditioning for 72 hours or more at a shelter in their district. The bill would also require a one-time study assessing the needs required to install air conditioning in shelters that do not have air conditioning.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Int 1232-2025 *Chris Banks Proposed Int. No. 1232-ANotifications for emergency rental assistance grant approvals.IntroductionThis bill would require the Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) to make available, as a part of the application for emergency assistance grants for rental assistance, processes by which applicants may authorize HRA to send a text or email notification to the applicant and/or to the building owner or a managing agent designated by the building owner upon the approval of such application. The notification to applicants would inform them that a determination on their application has been reached and how to access the determination using ACCESS HRA. The notification to building owners or managing agents would not contain identifiable information about the applicant but would inform them how to access certain details about the determination via a secure web portal.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1232-2025 *Chris Banks  Notifications for emergency rental assistance grant approvals.IntroductionThis bill would require the Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) to make available, as a part of the application for emergency assistance grants for rental assistance, processes by which applicants may authorize HRA to send a text or email notification to the applicant and/or to the building owner or a managing agent designated by the building owner upon the approval of such application. The notification to applicants would inform them that a determination on their application has been reached and how to access the determination using ACCESS HRA. The notification to building owners or managing agents would not contain identifiable information about the applicant but would inform them how to access certain details about the determination via a secure web portal.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 1232-2025 *Chris Banks  Notifications for emergency rental assistance grant approvals.IntroductionThis bill would require the Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) to make available, as a part of the application for emergency assistance grants for rental assistance, processes by which applicants may authorize HRA to send a text or email notification to the applicant and/or to the building owner or a managing agent designated by the building owner upon the approval of such application. The notification to applicants would inform them that a determination on their application has been reached and how to access the determination using ACCESS HRA. The notification to building owners or managing agents would not contain identifiable information about the applicant but would inform them how to access certain details about the determination via a secure web portal.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1232-2025 AChris Banks  Notifications for emergency rental assistance grant approvals.IntroductionThis bill would require the Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) to make available, as a part of the application for emergency assistance grants for rental assistance, processes by which applicants may authorize HRA to send a text or email notification to the applicant and/or to the building owner or a managing agent designated by the building owner upon the approval of such application. The notification to applicants would inform them that a determination on their application has been reached and how to access the determination using ACCESS HRA. The notification to building owners or managing agents would not contain identifiable information about the applicant but would inform them how to access certain details about the determination via a secure web portal.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Int 1372-2025 *Diana I. Ayala  Limiting the household rent contribution for recipients of a rental assistance voucher.IntroductionThis bill would require that the rent contribution for CityFHEPS recipients not exceed 30 percent of the household’s total monthly income, regardless of whether the household receives public assistance or has earned income.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1372-2025 *Diana I. Ayala  Limiting the household rent contribution for recipients of a rental assistance voucher.IntroductionThis bill would require that the rent contribution for CityFHEPS recipients not exceed 30 percent of the household’s total monthly income, regardless of whether the household receives public assistance or has earned income.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available