Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/18/2019 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Economic Development and the Committee on Education Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (34) 34 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 1650-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Provision of information regarding the health bucks program and farmers’ markets. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide information about the Health Bucks program and farmers’ markets in the city to all individuals who receive or apply to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1650-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Provision of information regarding the health bucks program and farmers’ markets. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide information about the Health Bucks program and farmers’ markets in the city to all individuals who receive or apply to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1652-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Ensuring that community gardens are classified as open space, outdoor recreation, a community garden or other similar description of land in a database maintained by the dept of city planning. Introduction This bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) to categorize community gardens as open space, outdoor recreation, a community garden, or other similar description in the Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output data set, and would also prohibit DCP from categorizing such gardens as vacant land. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1652-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Ensuring that community gardens are classified as open space, outdoor recreation, a community garden or other similar description of land in a database maintained by the dept of city planning. Introduction This bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) to categorize community gardens as open space, outdoor recreation, a community garden, or other similar description in the Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output data set, and would also prohibit DCP from categorizing such gardens as vacant land. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1653-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Requiring the dept of parks and recreation to collect and report data regarding community gardens reporting and permitting the sale of agriculture within community gardens. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect data on community gardens and issue an annual report summarizing this data. Additionally, this bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to study the citywide ecological impacts of community gardens. This bill would also direct the agency to develop a system to permit community gardens to operate farmers markets within community gardens. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1653-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Requiring the dept of parks and recreation to collect and report data regarding community gardens reporting and permitting the sale of agriculture within community gardens. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect data on community gardens and issue an annual report summarizing this data. Additionally, this bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to study the citywide ecological impacts of community gardens. This bill would also direct the agency to develop a system to permit community gardens to operate farmers markets within community gardens. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1654-2019 * Diana I. Ayala     Neighborhood awareness campaigns regarding farm-to-city projects. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct neighborhood-specific public awareness and education campaigns regarding the City’s farm-to-city projects, which includes farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture, food boxes, and fresh pantries. The Department would also be required all relevant information to its website. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1654-2019 * Diana I. Ayala     Neighborhood awareness campaigns regarding farm-to-city projects. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct neighborhood-specific public awareness and education campaigns regarding the City’s farm-to-city projects, which includes farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture, food boxes, and fresh pantries. The Department would also be required all relevant information to its website. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1659-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Plan to identify and enroll seniors eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services, working in collaboration with the Department for the Aging, to develop a plan to identify and enroll seniors who are eligible for supplement nutritional assistance benefits, but who are not yet enrolled to receive such benefits. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1659-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Plan to identify and enroll seniors eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services, working in collaboration with the Department for the Aging, to develop a plan to identify and enroll seniors who are eligible for supplement nutritional assistance benefits, but who are not yet enrolled to receive such benefits. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1660-2019 * Ben Kallos     Creating a good food purchasing program. Introduction This bill would create a good food purchasing program and advisory board. The advisory board would include the commissioners of agencies that execute food procurement contracts, seven members appointed by the Mayor and seven members appointed by the Speaker with knowledge of the good food purchasing program value categories. The advisory board would conduct baseline assessments of each agency’s food procurement processes, then develop and submit a five-year plan with one-year, three-year and five-year benchmarks. The advisory board would evaluate the contract bids that are submitted, and each agency may consider the board’s assessments. The advisory board would submit a progress report with recommendations to each agency, the Mayor and the Speaker, post the report on the website of the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy and hold a public hearing about its findings. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1660-2019 * Ben Kallos     Creating a good food purchasing program. Introduction This bill would create a good food purchasing program and advisory board. The advisory board would include the commissioners of agencies that execute food procurement contracts, seven members appointed by the Mayor and seven members appointed by the Speaker with knowledge of the good food purchasing program value categories. The advisory board would conduct baseline assessments of each agency’s food procurement processes, then develop and submit a five-year plan with one-year, three-year and five-year benchmarks. The advisory board would evaluate the contract bids that are submitted, and each agency may consider the board’s assessments. The advisory board would submit a progress report with recommendations to each agency, the Mayor and the Speaker, post the report on the website of the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy and hold a public hearing about its findings. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1663-2019 * Ben Kallos     Establishing an office of urban agriculture and an urban agriculture advisory board. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Urban Agriculture and an Urban Agriculture Advisory Board. The Office of Urban Agriculture would conduct outreach, receive comments and respond to questions regarding urban agriculture, make recommendations about protecting and expanding urban agriculture, and establish a program to support research for advancing urban agriculture legislation and policy. The Urban Agriculture Advisory Board would consist of thirteen members and would advise the Office of Urban Agriculture, the Mayor and the Council on issues relating to urban agriculture. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1663-2019 * Ben Kallos     Establishing an office of urban agriculture and an urban agriculture advisory board. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Urban Agriculture and an Urban Agriculture Advisory Board. The Office of Urban Agriculture would conduct outreach, receive comments and respond to questions regarding urban agriculture, make recommendations about protecting and expanding urban agriculture, and establish a program to support research for advancing urban agriculture legislation and policy. The Urban Agriculture Advisory Board would consist of thirteen members and would advise the Office of Urban Agriculture, the Mayor and the Council on issues relating to urban agriculture. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1664-2019 * Vanessa L. Gibson     Requiring the office of food policy to formulate a 10-year food policy plan. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP) to consult with relevant agencies, community based organizations, community leaders and food system stakeholders that focus on food policy, food equity, food justice and food insecurity. The plan would set goals to reduce hunger, improve nutrition, increase access to healthy food, reduce food waste, develop and improve food and farm economies, and increase urban agriculture and sustainability. The MOFP would also be required to submit to the Mayor, the Speaker of the Council, and post on its website a report assessing the city’s progress toward the identified goals. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1664-2019 * Vanessa L. Gibson     Requiring the office of food policy to formulate a 10-year food policy plan. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP) to consult with relevant agencies, community based organizations, community leaders and food system stakeholders that focus on food policy, food equity, food justice and food insecurity. The plan would set goals to reduce hunger, improve nutrition, increase access to healthy food, reduce food waste, develop and improve food and farm economies, and increase urban agriculture and sustainability. The MOFP would also be required to submit to the Mayor, the Speaker of the Council, and post on its website a report assessing the city’s progress toward the identified goals. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1666-2019 * Ben Kallos     Establishment of an office of food policy. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Food Policy. The office would be responsible for, among other things, providing recommendations to the mayor and agencies regarding food policy; coordinating multi-agency initiatives relating to food policy; performing outreach to food policy advocates, community based organizations, academic institutions, and other entities to advance the city’s food policy; and supporting initiatives that are designed to promote access to healthy food. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1666-2019 * Ben Kallos     Establishment of an office of food policy. Introduction This bill would establish an Office of Food Policy. The office would be responsible for, among other things, providing recommendations to the mayor and agencies regarding food policy; coordinating multi-agency initiatives relating to food policy; performing outreach to food policy advocates, community based organizations, academic institutions, and other entities to advance the city’s food policy; and supporting initiatives that are designed to promote access to healthy food. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1673-2019 * Carlina Rivera     City agency food waste prevention plans. Introduction This bill would require all city agencies with food procurement contracts to develop and implement a plan for reducing food waste. This bill would require each such agency to designate a coordinator to produce annual reports including information on the agency’s food waste prevention plan and measures taken to implement such plan. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1673-2019 * Carlina Rivera     City agency food waste prevention plans. Introduction This bill would require all city agencies with food procurement contracts to develop and implement a plan for reducing food waste. This bill would require each such agency to designate a coordinator to produce annual reports including information on the agency’s food waste prevention plan and measures taken to implement such plan. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1675-2019 * Deborah L. Rose     Distribution of information regarding summer meals. Introduction This bill amends existing law that requires the Department of Education to provide information on the summer meals program by June 1 annually to the Council and other elected local leaders, by additionally requiring that the same information be provided to every student and also include the three locations nearest to each student’s school of attendance where meals will be available. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1675-2019 * Deborah L. Rose     Distribution of information regarding summer meals. Introduction This bill amends existing law that requires the Department of Education to provide information on the summer meals program by June 1 annually to the Council and other elected local leaders, by additionally requiring that the same information be provided to every student and also include the three locations nearest to each student’s school of attendance where meals will be available. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1676-2019 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Requiring the DOE to report on implementing scratch-cooked school food service. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Education to report to the council information regarding the Department’s efforts to implement scratch-cooked food service in schools and related nutrition and health programming. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1676-2019 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Requiring the DOE to report on implementing scratch-cooked school food service. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department of Education to report to the council information regarding the Department’s efforts to implement scratch-cooked food service in schools and related nutrition and health programming. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1680-2019 * Paul A. Vallone     Reporting requirements regarding the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food in the city. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Long-Term Planning and sustainability to expand its annual Food System Metrics Report to include additional information regarding: (1) the number of people eligible for public food programs but not enrolled; (2) the number of retailers who accept SNAP or other public benefits; (3) the number and percent of sub-populations experiencing food insecurity; and (4) the metrics charting progress towards reducing inequities in the distribution of food and diet-related diseases. OLTPS would also need to consider other sources of citywide data in developing the annual Food System Metrics Report and to express all data in absolute numbers and as a percentage. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1680-2019 * Paul A. Vallone     Reporting requirements regarding the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food in the city. Introduction This bill would require the Office of Long-Term Planning and sustainability to expand its annual Food System Metrics Report to include additional information regarding: (1) the number of people eligible for public food programs but not enrolled; (2) the number of retailers who accept SNAP or other public benefits; (3) the number and percent of sub-populations experiencing food insecurity; and (4) the metrics charting progress towards reducing inequities in the distribution of food and diet-related diseases. OLTPS would also need to consider other sources of citywide data in developing the annual Food System Metrics Report and to express all data in absolute numbers and as a percentage. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1681-2019 * James G. Van Bramer     School food waste prevention plans. Introduction This bill would require the Chancellor of the Department of Education (DOE) to work with school sustainability coordinators to develop a plan for reducing food waste. This plan would be submitted to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) for recommendations, as well as the Speaker of the Council. The bill would require DOE to submit an annual report with information on DOE’s actions to implement its food waste prevention plan and the Chancellor’s updates to such plan. DSNY shall include the information contained in the report as part of the department’s March 1, 2022 annual recycling report. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1681-2019 * James G. Van Bramer     School food waste prevention plans. Introduction This bill would require the Chancellor of the Department of Education (DOE) to work with school sustainability coordinators to develop a plan for reducing food waste. This plan would be submitted to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) for recommendations, as well as the Speaker of the Council. The bill would require DOE to submit an annual report with information on DOE’s actions to implement its food waste prevention plan and the Chancellor’s updates to such plan. DSNY shall include the information contained in the report as part of the department’s March 1, 2022 annual recycling report. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1024-2019 * Farah N. Louis     Calling upon the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to public college students. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1024-2019 * Farah N. Louis     Calling upon the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to public college students. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1025-2019 * Farah N. Louis     Opt into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Restaurant Meals Program to allow disabled, elderly and homeless SNAP recipients to use their benefits on hot meals and other prepared foods at participating grocery stores, delis and restauran Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1025-2019 * Farah N. Louis     Opt into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Restaurant Meals Program to allow disabled, elderly and homeless SNAP recipients to use their benefits on hot meals and other prepared foods at participating grocery stores, delis and restauran Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available