Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/27/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (17) 17 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 T2023-4000 *       Oversight – Public Benefits Processing Delays at HRA. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-4000 *       Oversight – Public Benefits Processing Delays at HRA. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0567-2022 * Oswald Feliz     Prohibiting homeless families with children from being housed in private buildings with multiple class C housing maintenance code violations. Introduction This bill would prohibit homeless families with children from being temporarily housed in private buildings with more than five class C housing maintenance code violations. Current homeless families with children in such buildings would be permitted to remain, but no additional families with children would be housed in such buildings until corrections have been certified by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0567-2022 * Oswald Feliz     Prohibiting homeless families with children from being housed in private buildings with multiple class C housing maintenance code violations. Introduction This bill would prohibit homeless families with children from being temporarily housed in private buildings with more than five class C housing maintenance code violations. Current homeless families with children in such buildings would be permitted to remain, but no additional families with children would be housed in such buildings until corrections have been certified by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0647-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Requiring sheriffs and city marshals to report housing displacement to the department of social services/human resources administration to evaluate eligibility for legal counsel. Introduction This bill would require that the sheriff and city marshals contact the Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration (HRA) when they receive an order that would result in housing displacement. Where HRA receives notice from the sheriff or city marshals about an order that would lead to housing displacement, HRA would be required to respond by examining the person’s eligibility for legal counsel, provide the person with contact for legal counsel and connect the individual to such counsel. The information would be provided in plain language and in the appropriate language for the person. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0647-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Requiring sheriffs and city marshals to report housing displacement to the department of social services/human resources administration to evaluate eligibility for legal counsel. Introduction This bill would require that the sheriff and city marshals contact the Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration (HRA) when they receive an order that would result in housing displacement. Where HRA receives notice from the sheriff or city marshals about an order that would lead to housing displacement, HRA would be required to respond by examining the person’s eligibility for legal counsel, provide the person with contact for legal counsel and connect the individual to such counsel. The information would be provided in plain language and in the appropriate language for the person. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0651-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Precluding the department of homeless services from requiring a child’s presence at an intake center when a family with children applies for shelter. Introduction This bill would preclude the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) from requiring that every member of a family be present at its intake center when that family seeks placement at a shelter. Currently, DHS requires that children under the age of 21 be present with their adult family members at the facility that processes shelter applications. This bill would allow these families to complete the application process without disrupting children’s schooling or other daily activities. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0651-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Precluding the department of homeless services from requiring a child’s presence at an intake center when a family with children applies for shelter. Introduction This bill would preclude the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) from requiring that every member of a family be present at its intake center when that family seeks placement at a shelter. Currently, DHS requires that children under the age of 21 be present with their adult family members at the facility that processes shelter applications. This bill would allow these families to complete the application process without disrupting children’s schooling or other daily activities. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0653-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Requiring the dept of social services and the dept of homeless services to provide drug treatment services. Introduction In an effort to combat the City’s opioid epidemic, this bill requires that department of social services to offer access to drug treatment services at all HASA facilities and requires the department of homeless services to offer access to drug treatment services at all shelters. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0653-2022 * Diana I. Ayala     Requiring the dept of social services and the dept of homeless services to provide drug treatment services. Introduction In an effort to combat the City’s opioid epidemic, this bill requires that department of social services to offer access to drug treatment services at all HASA facilities and requires the department of homeless services to offer access to drug treatment services at all shelters. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0741-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Radiator inspections in homeless shelters. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to inspect radiators during any inspection related to health, safety, or the physical conditions of a homeless shelter. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0741-2022 * Rafael Salamanca, Jr.     Radiator inspections in homeless shelters. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to inspect radiators during any inspection related to health, safety, or the physical conditions of a homeless shelter. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0902-2023 * Diana I. Ayala     Requiring the department of homeless services to provide process navigator services to every family with children entering an intake center. Introduction This bill would require the department of homeless services to provide process navigator services to every family with children at an intake center. The process navigator would provide assistance to shelter applicants in understanding all the procedures, meetings, interviews and documents necessary to the application process and respond to questions. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0902-2023 * Diana I. Ayala     Requiring the department of homeless services to provide process navigator services to every family with children entering an intake center. Introduction This bill would require the department of homeless services to provide process navigator services to every family with children at an intake center. The process navigator would provide assistance to shelter applicants in understanding all the procedures, meetings, interviews and documents necessary to the application process and respond to questions. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0910-2023 * Crystal Hudson     Establishing a universal benefits application for city benefits and codifying Access NYC, and to repeal section 3-119.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a study on notification of public assistance eligibility. Introduction This bill would mandate a report on the feasibility of creating a universal benefits application for local public benefit programs and mandate the creation of a universal benefits application as determined feasible by the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services. This bill would also codify Access NYC, which is a screening tool for public assistance programs, direct the incorporation of new and existing programs as deemed possible, and require increased public awareness efforts of such tools. This bill would also repeal section 3-119.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a study on notification of public assistance eligibility. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0910-2023 * Crystal Hudson     Establishing a universal benefits application for city benefits and codifying Access NYC, and to repeal section 3-119.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a study on notification of public assistance eligibility. Introduction This bill would mandate a report on the feasibility of creating a universal benefits application for local public benefit programs and mandate the creation of a universal benefits application as determined feasible by the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services. This bill would also codify Access NYC, which is a screening tool for public assistance programs, direct the incorporation of new and existing programs as deemed possible, and require increased public awareness efforts of such tools. This bill would also repeal section 3-119.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a study on notification of public assistance eligibility. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available