NYC Council Introduction 1184

intro.nyc/1184-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Establishing a program to support older adults providing kinship care.
Status: Committee Committee on Aging
Sponsored by Crystal Hudson
Introduced: February 13, 2025

This bill would require the Commissioner for the Aging to create a kinship care program that would support older adults who provide full-time care for someone who is not their biological child. At a minimum, the program would provide case assistance and workshops on issues related to kinship caregiving. The bill would require the Commissioner to provide written materials about the kinship care program to older adult centers and to provide in-person information sessions at older adult centers.