Int. No. 1729-A
By Council Members Levin, Rose, Chin, Ayala, Ampry-Samuel, Lander, Brannan, Reynoso, Adams, D. Diaz, Rosenthal, Koslowitz, Kallos, Louis, Dinowitz, Barron, Yeger and Gibson
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the administration for children’s services to provide information to parents or caretakers about their right to request a fair hearing to appeal an indicated report
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 9 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-921 to read as follows:
§ 21-921 Information regarding the right to request a fair hearing. a. Where, following an ACS child protective investigation, a report against a parent or person legally responsible for the child is indicated, ACS shall provide to the parent or person legally responsible for the child written information regarding the process for requesting a fair hearing to challenge such indication, which begins at the state level with an administrative review, pursuant to section 422 of the social services law.
b. Such information will be provided in the designated citywide languages, as defined in section 23-1101.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 150 days after it becomes law.
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10/13/2021