File #: Int 1748-2017    Version: * Name: Requiring the dept of homeless services to provide customer service training.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 10/31/2017
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of homeless services to provide customer service training
Sponsors: Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: The proposed bill would require the Department of Homeless Services to provide a biannual customer service training to all staff members, including those working for a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department, who have direct contact with shelter residents.
Indexes: Oversight
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1748, 2. Int. No. 1748, 3. October 31, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2017*Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/31/2017*Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/31/2017*Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1748

 

By Council Member Espinal

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of homeless services to provide customer service training

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-318 to read as follows:

§ 21-318 Customer service training. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “shelter” means a building, or individual units within a building, being utilized by the department or a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department to provide temporary emergency housing.

b. The department shall conduct two trainings per year on best practices for improving interactions between department personnel and shelter residents.

c. Such training shall include techniques to improve professionalism, increase cultural sensitivity, implement a trauma-informed approach to interactions with shelter residents, and de-escalate conflict.

d. The department shall provide this training to all department employees, and all employees of a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department, who have direct contact with shelter residents.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after its enactment, except that the commissioner shall take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

 

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