Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee on Aging Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/10/2026 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
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T2026-1583 *   Oversight - Addressing Social Isolation Among Older New Yorkers.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2026-1583 *   Oversight - Addressing Social Isolation Among Older New Yorkers.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0812-2026 *Elsie Encarnación PreconsideredWellness checks on older adults during certain weather events.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of the New York City (NYC) Department for the Aging (DFTA) to develop a protocol in collaboration with NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM) and relevant agencies to conduct in-person and phone-based wellness checks during extreme weather events, including Code Blue and Code Red alerts, or during heat-related emergencies as determined by the National Weather Services or the Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Wellness checks would include a set of questions developed by DFTA to gauge an older adult’s well-being, a determination of such older adult’s apparent well-being, an evaluation and report of the conditions in such older adult’s place of residence, including the temperature, the presence of and functionality of heating or cooling devices or equipment, and any other concerns in relation to the well-being of the older adult.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0812-2026 *Elsie Encarnación  Wellness checks on older adults during certain weather events.IntroductionThis bill would require the Commissioner of the New York City (NYC) Department for the Aging (DFTA) to develop a protocol in collaboration with NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM) and relevant agencies to conduct in-person and phone-based wellness checks during extreme weather events, including Code Blue and Code Red alerts, or during heat-related emergencies as determined by the National Weather Services or the Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Wellness checks would include a set of questions developed by DFTA to gauge an older adult’s well-being, a determination of such older adult’s apparent well-being, an evaluation and report of the conditions in such older adult’s place of residence, including the temperature, the presence of and functionality of heating or cooling devices or equipment, and any other concerns in relation to the well-being of the older adult.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0821-2026 *Linda Lee PreconsideredRequiring the department for the aging to maintain non-digital access to forms and services, and to repeal certain repetitions of the definition of “older adult center” in title 21 of such code.IntroductionThis bill would require the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) to make information that is made available in digital format to the public regarding services offered or administered by DFTA accessible through non-digital means. Access to such services by phone would include the ability to initiate and complete applications, receive guidance regarding additional documentation necessary to support an application, learn the status of an application, and request an application or enrollment information to be sent via mail. Access to such services in paper format would also be made available at older adult centers.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0821-2026 *Linda Lee  Requiring the department for the aging to maintain non-digital access to forms and services, and to repeal certain repetitions of the definition of “older adult center” in title 21 of such code.IntroductionThis bill would require the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) to make information that is made available in digital format to the public regarding services offered or administered by DFTA accessible through non-digital means. Access to such services by phone would include the ability to initiate and complete applications, receive guidance regarding additional documentation necessary to support an application, learn the status of an application, and request an application or enrollment information to be sent via mail. Access to such services in paper format would also be made available at older adult centers.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0421-2026 *Darlene Mealy PreconsideredAuthorizing the New York State Office for the Aging to establish, operate, and maintain programs for transportation services. (S.8689/A.10055)Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0421-2026 *Darlene Mealy  Authorizing the New York State Office for the Aging to establish, operate, and maintain programs for transportation services. (S.8689/A.10055)Resolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available