File #: Int 0461-2014    Version: Name: Information regarding summer meals.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Education
On agenda: 8/21/2014
Enactment date: 12/31/2017 Law number: 2018/004
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information regarding summer meals
Sponsors: James Vacca, Inez D. Barron, Costa G. Constantinides, Mathieu Eugene, Corey D. Johnson, Peter A. Koo, Rosie Mendez, Andrew Cohen, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Helen K. Rosenthal, Carlos Menchaca, Deborah L. Rose, Ben Kallos, Margaret S. Chin, Andy L. King, Chaim M. Deutsch, Mark Treyger, The Public Advocate (Ms. James), (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 18
Summary: Proposed Int. No. 461-A would require the Department of Education (DOE), by June 1st of each year, to post and distribute information about the availability of summer meals, including where and when such meals are available and eligibility requirements for such meals. The information would be required to be posted on DOE’s website, the website of any city agency collaborating with DOE to provide meals, and the 311 website; and also distributed to council members, borough presidents, community boards, community education councils, parent associations, and parent teacher associations.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 461-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 461, 3. Int. No. 461, 4. Committee Report 10/30/17, 5. Hearing Testimony 10/30/17, 6. Hearing Transcript 10/30/17, 7. Proposed Int. No. 461-A - 11/27/17, 8. Committee Report 11/29/17, 9. Hearing Transcript 11/29/17, 10. November 30, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 11. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-30-17, 12. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 30, 2017, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement, 14. Int. No. 461-A (FINAL), 15. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 16. Local Law 4
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11/29/2017*James Vacca Committee on Education Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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8/21/2014*James Vacca City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 461-A

 

By Council Members Vacca, Barron, Constantinides, Eugene, Johnson, Koo, Mendez, Cohen, Rodriguez, Rosenthal, Menchaca, Rose, Kallos, Chin, King, Deutsch, Treyger and the Public Advocate (Ms. James) (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)  

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information regarding summer meals

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 17 to read as follows: 

Chapter 17. Distribution of information regarding summer meals

§ 21-979 Distribution of information regarding summer meals. a. For the purposes of this section, the term "summer meal" means any meal provided to children by the department, or by any city agency collaborating with the department, following the end of the current school year and prior to the beginning of the next school year.

b. No later than June 1, 2018, and annually thereafter no later than June 1, the department shall make available information regarding summer meals including, but not limited to, locations where such meals will be available, the times and dates during which such meals will be available and any guidelines regarding eligibility for such meals. Such information shall be:

1. posted on the department’s website, the website of any city agency collaborating with the department and the website of the 311 customer service center; and

2. distributed to council members, borough presidents, community boards, community education councils, parent associations and parent teacher associations.

 

 

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

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