NYC Council Introduction 1180

intro.nyc/1180-2026 2026-2029 Legislative Session
Informing cooling center visitors about social services.
Status: Committee Committee on General Welfare
Sponsored by Carl Wilson
Introduced: November 12, 2026

This bill would require that the New York City Office of Emergency Management (NYCEM) (1) upon request of cooling center staff, coordinate with NYC social service agencies to send employees from those agencies to the cooling center to inform cooling center visitors about available social services and assist them with applying for such services, (2) provide information to cooling center staff about when and how to request the presence or assistance of such employees at least once a year and include such information in any training provided to cooling center staff, and (3) publish annual reports about cooling center requests for social service agency employees.