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T2025-4198
| * | | | | Oversight - NYC: ATWORK Employment Program for New Yorkers with Disabilities. | Oversight | | | |
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Int 0163-2024
| * | Eric Dinowitz | | | Establishing accessibility guidelines for print documents. | Introduction | This bill would require the mayor or mayor’s designee to establish accessibility guidelines for print documents. These guidelines would contain, but need not be limited to, guidance regarding formatting, visual appearance, and readability. Print documents produced by a city agency for dissemination to the public would be required to adhere to these guidelines to the extent practicable. | | |
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Int 1004-2024
| * | Mercedes Narcisse | | | Providing information on wheelchair repair providers and related services. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities to create a website that provides information on wheelchair repair provider and services that help people find wheelchair repair providers. This bill would also require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to post a link on its website and require the 311 Customer Service Center to provide the link in response to questions on how to locate wheelchair repair providers. | | |
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Int 1307-2025
| * | Christopher Marte | | | Establishing a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote the employment of persons with disabilities. | Introduction | This bill would create a film, television, and theater accessibility fund administered by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities and the Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development. Through this fund, MOME would award grants to film, television, and theater productions that commit to hiring and accommodating persons with disabilities, including through the engagement of production access coordinators. MOME would also provide resources and guidance to productions, collect and analyze data on disability employment in the industry, and share best practices. In addition, the bill requires MOME to post information about the fund on its website, and submit an annual report detailing how grant money was used, the number of persons with disabilities hired by each production, and other information relevant to evaluating the fund’s effectiveness. | | |
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Res 0323-2024
| * | Linda Lee | | | Calling on the MTA and NYCTA to adopt federally-recommended measures to ensure that access-a-ride serves New Yorkers on-time. | Resolution | | | |
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Res 0338-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | NYC DOE and the NYS Education Dept to meet their obligations under state and federal law to provide impartial due process hearings in a timely manner as they relate to resolving complaints filed by families of students with disabilities. | Resolution | | | |
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