File #: Int 0945-2023    Version: * Name: Aging In Place Package - Establishing a technical support program for older adults.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Aging
On agenda: 3/2/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a technical support program for older adults
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Gale A. Brewer, Linda Lee, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Tiffany Cabán, Kalman Yeger , Farah N. Louis, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Shaun Abreu, Amanda Farías, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Lynn C. Schulman, Robert F. Holden, Kevin C. Riley, Sandra Ung
Council Member Sponsors: 15
Summary: This bill would require Department for the Aging and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to develop a technical support program to serve older adults.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 945, 2. Int. No. 945, 3. March 2, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-2-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 2, 2023, 6. Committee Report 4/19/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 4/19/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 4/19/23
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12/31/2023*Crystal Hudson City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Committee on General Welfare Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Committee on Aging Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/19/2023*Crystal Hudson Committee on Aging Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/2/2023*Crystal Hudson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/23/2023*Crystal Hudson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 945

 

By Council Members Hudson, Brewer, Lee, Gutiérrez, Cabán, Yeger, Louis, Richardson Jordan, Abreu, Hanif, Farías, De La Rosa, Schulman, Holden, Riley and Ung

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a technical support program for older adults

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-210 to read as follows:

§ 21-210 Technical support program for older adults. a. By no later than December 1, 2024, the commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of information technology and telecommunications and any relevant stakeholders deemed necessary by the mayor, shall develop a technical support program to serve older adults. Such program shall be offered at no cost and shall, at minimum, include the following:

1.                     Providing technical support related to the use of computers to the extent possible;

2.                     Providing technical support related to the use of phones;

3.                     Accessing and navigating telehealth services; and

4.                     Providing contact information for the technical support team associated with the device.

b. The program established pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be made available in all designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

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1/5/2023