File #: Int 1708-2019    Version: * Name: Requiring the distribution of information on local emergency feeding programs.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 9/12/2019
Enactment date: 10/13/2019 Law number: 2019/179
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the distribution of information on local emergency feeding programs
Sponsors: Francisco P. Moya, Kalman Yeger , Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Inez D. Barron, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to inform individuals of local emergency feeding programs when they disenroll or are set to lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1708, 2. Int. No. 1708, 3. Committee Report 9/3/19, 4. Hearing Testimony 9/3/19, 5. Hearing Transcript 9/3/19, 6. Committee Report 9/12/19, 7. Hearing Transcript 9/12/19, 8. September 12, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 9. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-19, 10. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 12, 2019, 11. Int. No. 1708 (FINAL), 12. Fiscal Impact Statement, 13. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 14. Local Law 179
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
10/15/2019*Francisco P. Moya City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/13/2019*Francisco P. Moya Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Immigration Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Immigration P-C Item Approved by CommPass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/3/2019*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Immigration Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/3/2019*Francisco P. Moya Committee on Immigration P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Preconsidered Int. No. 1708

 

By Council Members Moya, Yeger, Kallos, Lander, Barron, Ayala and Rivera

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the distribution of information on local emergency feeding programs

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-143 to read as follows:

§ 21-143 Information on local emergency feeding programs. The department shall distribute by mail or email information regarding all city-funded emergency feeding programs as defined in section 21-131 to all individuals who have received supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits whose case closed on or after January 1, 2016. The department shall also distribute such information to individuals currently in receipt of such benefits at the time such an individual receives a recertification notice for such benefits. Such information shall also be made readily accessible through such department’s online portal and any related mobile applications.

§ 2. This local law takes effect October 15, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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