Details Meeting Name: Committee on Aging Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/3/2022 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Housing and Buildings Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (18) 18 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2022-2163 *       Oversight - Increasing Affordable Housing for Older New Yorkers and Improving Accessibility in the City’s Housing Stock. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2022-2163 *       Oversight - Increasing Affordable Housing for Older New Yorkers and Improving Accessibility in the City’s Housing Stock. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0141-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Signage for automatic doors. Introduction This bill would require signage at each entrance or egress to a building required to have power-operated or power-assisted and low-energy doors, directing people to the power-operated or power-assisted door. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0141-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Signage for automatic doors. Introduction This bill would require signage at each entrance or egress to a building required to have power-operated or power-assisted and low-energy doors, directing people to the power-operated or power-assisted door. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0322-2022 * Justin L. Brannan     Installation of protective devices for seniors and persons with a disability who reside in multiple dwellings, and the provision of a tax abatement for certain related installations. Introduction This bill would require the installation in multiple dwellings of certain protective devices for seniors and persons with disabilities that enhance mobility, safety and the quality of life for such persons. These devices would be installed upon the request of a tenant and include such items as grabs bars in bathrooms and treads on the floors of tenants. There would be no cost to the tenant for the installation of the devices but eligible owners would be entitled to a tax abatement for certain related installations. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0322-2022 * Justin L. Brannan     Installation of protective devices for seniors and persons with a disability who reside in multiple dwellings, and the provision of a tax abatement for certain related installations. Introduction This bill would require the installation in multiple dwellings of certain protective devices for seniors and persons with disabilities that enhance mobility, safety and the quality of life for such persons. These devices would be installed upon the request of a tenant and include such items as grabs bars in bathrooms and treads on the floors of tenants. There would be no cost to the tenant for the installation of the devices but eligible owners would be entitled to a tax abatement for certain related installations. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0375-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Reporting on the results of lotteries administered by the department of housing preservation and development for affordable housing units for tenants with disabilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to report every three years on how many of their affordable housing units set aside for persons with disabilities are actually rented to persons with disabilities. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0375-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Reporting on the results of lotteries administered by the department of housing preservation and development for affordable housing units for tenants with disabilities. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to report every three years on how many of their affordable housing units set aside for persons with disabilities are actually rented to persons with disabilities. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0584-2022 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams     Evictions of disabled tenants. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide tenants with disabilities with information about legal services when such tenants are facing eviction. It would also require the Commissioner of HPD to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on any pattern of discrimination against disabled tenants. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0584-2022 * Public Advocate Jumaane Williams     Evictions of disabled tenants. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide tenants with disabilities with information about legal services when such tenants are facing eviction. It would also require the Commissioner of HPD to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on any pattern of discrimination against disabled tenants. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0608-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Ensuring compliance with accessibility requirements in submitted building construction and renovation plans. Introduction This bill would create an Office of Accessibility Compliance within the Department of Buildings, tasked with ensuring all submitted plans for building construction or renovation comply with Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility requirements in the Building Code, staffed with at least one registered design professional with knowledge of those requirements. This bill would also establish an annual reporting requirement on how many plans are examined and approved or rejected by the Office of Accessibility Compliance. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0608-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Ensuring compliance with accessibility requirements in submitted building construction and renovation plans. Introduction This bill would create an Office of Accessibility Compliance within the Department of Buildings, tasked with ensuring all submitted plans for building construction or renovation comply with Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility requirements in the Building Code, staffed with at least one registered design professional with knowledge of those requirements. This bill would also establish an annual reporting requirement on how many plans are examined and approved or rejected by the Office of Accessibility Compliance. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0676-2022 * Crystal Hudson     Aging In Place Package - Requiring a developer receiving city financial assistance to incorporate universal design features in dwelling units offered for rent in a housing development project. Introduction In general, universal design for housing involves designing an apartment or house so that it is accessible for everyone, regardless of age, physical ability or stature. This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to develop a list of universal design features and require that a developer who receives City financial assistance incorporate universal design in all dwelling units in a new housing development project. It would also require HPD to produce a report on the universal design list, which HPD would post on its website. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0676-2022 * Crystal Hudson     Aging In Place Package - Requiring a developer receiving city financial assistance to incorporate universal design features in dwelling units offered for rent in a housing development project. Introduction In general, universal design for housing involves designing an apartment or house so that it is accessible for everyone, regardless of age, physical ability or stature. This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to develop a list of universal design features and require that a developer who receives City financial assistance incorporate universal design in all dwelling units in a new housing development project. It would also require HPD to produce a report on the universal design list, which HPD would post on its website. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0236-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Aging In Place Package - Municipalities and localities that have a senior citizen rent increase exemption program to establish an automatic enrollment program for eligible seniors to be automatically enrolled or automatically re-enrolled in the program. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0236-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Aging In Place Package - Municipalities and localities that have a senior citizen rent increase exemption program to establish an automatic enrollment program for eligible seniors to be automatically enrolled or automatically re-enrolled in the program. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available