NYC Council Introduction 478

intro.nyc/0478-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring agencies to translate and distribute to community-based organizations emergency information in the designated citywide languages.
Status: Committee Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
Sponsored by Julie Won
Introduced: February 28, 2024

This bill would require each covered agency to translate into the designated citywide languages and distribute to relevant community-based organizations any documents provided by the federal and state government that relate to declarations of emergency affecting New York City. It would also require agency language access plans to consider providing emergency notifications in the designated citywide languages.