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Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/6/2026 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
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T2026-1550 *   Oversight - Food Insecurity.Oversight    Not available Not available
Int 0790-2026 *Rita C. Joseph  Establishing a warming centers program.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), in collaboration with the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), to annually submit reports on warming centers in New York City to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post such reports on its website. Such reports would include information related to the locations, space types, days and operating hours, number of staff, number of visitors disaggregated by age group and zip code, accessibility and utilization of each warming center operated by DOHMH. Reports would also include an assessment of the geographic availability and accessibility of warming centers to vulnerable populations, and recommendations to improve such availability.   Not available Not available
Res 0021-2026 *Alexa Avilés  Establish a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund. (A03578/S00403)ResolutionCalling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A03578/S00403 to establish a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund   Not available Not available
T2026-1597 *Lynn C. Schulman Preconsidered“Hot Foods Act of 2025" (S.1202/H.R.2512).Resolution    Not available Not available