File #: Int 0586-2024    Version: * Name: The designation of rapid emergency response centers in each community district.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
On agenda: 3/7/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the designation of rapid emergency response centers in each community district
Sponsors: Eric Dinowitz, Kevin C. Riley, Kalman Yeger , Julie Won, Lynn C. Schulman, Crystal Hudson
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Office of the Mayor and community boards, to identify and designate facilities within each community district to serve as rapid emergency response centers. Each center would be required to stock supplies for residents that have been displaced by a natural human-caused disaster. This bill would also require the Commissioner of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Citywide Administrative Services, to submit an annual report to the Mayor and the Speaker regarding the inventory of supplies in each community district’s rapid emergency response center.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 586, 2. Int. No. 586, 3. March 7, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-7-24

Int. No. 586

 

By Council Members Dinowitz, Riley, Yeger, Won, Schulman and Hudson

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the designation of rapid emergency response centers in each community district

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 30 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 30-117 to read as follows:

§ 30-117 Community district emergency response center. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Emergency response center.  The term “emergency response center” means a facility in each community district designated as a relief area for displaced residents following a natural or human-caused disaster.

Feminine hygiene products. The term “feminine hygiene products” means menstrual cups, tampons, and sanitary napkins used in connection with the menstrual cycle.

b. The commissioner, in consultation with the office of the mayor and community boards, shall identify and designate at least 1 facility within each community district to serve as an emergency response center. In determining locations for emergency response centers the department shall prioritize proximity to other emergency services where practicable.

c. Emergency response centers designated pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall contain the following supplies:  

1. Coats and outerwear;

2. Toiletries;

3. Blankets;

4. School supplies;

5. Diapers;

6. Feminine hygiene products;

7. Potable water;

8. Personal hygiene products;

9. Face coverings;

10. First aid kits and supplies;

11. Baby formula; and

12. Any other supplies deemed appropriate by the commissioners of emergency management and citywide administrative services.

d. The commissioner may coordinate with community-based and not-for-profit organizations in each community district, except as otherwise limited by applicable laws and rules, to aid in providing supplies listed in subdivision c of this section.  

e. No later than 18 months after the effective date of the local law that added this section, and annually thereafter, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of citywide administrative services, shall complete an inventory and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report which provides the total number of supplies, disaggregated by type, at each emergency response center designated pursuant to subdivision b of this section. 

§ 2.                     This local law takes effect immediately.

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