File #: Int 0760-2022    Version: * Name: Providing children 13 and younger with swimming lessons at no cost.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 10/12/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing children 13 and younger with swimming lessons at no cost
Sponsors: Julie Menin, Shekar Krishnan, Darlene Mealy, Rita C. Joseph, Crystal Hudson, Amanda Farías, Alexa Avilés, Shahana K. Hanif, Shaun Abreu, Jennifer Gutiérrez, (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough Preside
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide swimming lessons for free to children aged 13 and younger.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 760, 2. Int. No. 760, 3. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022

Int. No. 760

 

By Council Members Menin, Krishnan, Mealy, Joseph, Hudson, Farías, Avilés, Hanif, Abreu and Gutiérrez (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing children 13 and younger with swimming lessons at no cost

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 18-149 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 18 for the year 2016 and renumbered by local law number 133 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

§ 18-149 Discounted recreation center fees; swimming lessons provided at no cost. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Child. The term “child” means a person between the ages of one and one-half to 13 years.

Course of instruction. The term “course of instruction” means a series of lessons designed for students of a particular age group or skill level.

Swimming lessons. The term “swimming lessons” means a program administered by the department to teach swimming and includes Learn to Swim and any similar or succeeding program.

b. Annual membership fees for each recreation center under the jurisdiction of the department shall be reduced for persons 62 years of age or older, persons between 18 and 24 years of age, veterans and persons with disabilities. Such reduced fees shall be no greater than 25 percent of the highest annual membership fee charged at such recreation center.

c. The department shall provide swimming lessons at no cost to a child within one year of the submission of an application for such lessons on behalf of such child, except that this provision only entitles such child to a particular course of instruction once at no cost. No child shall be denied swimming lessons because such child’s parent or guardian has not paid recreation center membership fees.   

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

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