File #: Int 0180-2026    Version: * Name: Establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city's use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility
Sponsors: Amanda C. Farías, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the City’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility. Such a system would enable DSS to access current employment and income verifications through a real-time, automated verification service provided by a third-party. This service would streamline the secure transfer of information and benefit applicants by reducing administrative burdens and creating an accelerated decision process on whether an applicant is eligible for a particular benefit, with the goal of having faster application review times, reducing case backlogs, and detecting instances of fraud in real-time.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 180, 2. Int. No. 180, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26

Int. No. 180

 

By Council Members Farías and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility

 

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 21-153 to read as follows:

§ 21-153 Third-party verification to determine benefits and services eligibility. In consultation with any other agency the commissioner deems appropriate, the commissioner shall establish a system to obtain employment and income information from a consumer reporting agency, in accordance with subchapter 3 of chapter 41 of title 15 of the United States code, for the purpose of determining eligibility of persons for benefits and services administered by the department. In carrying out the requirements of this section, the department shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, or local law relating to the privacy of information.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

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