The New York City Council - File #: Int 1017-2018

• File #: Int 1017-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Establishing a commission to develop a citywide shelter siting plan for implementation by the department of homeless services and social services.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 6/28/2018
• In control: Committee on General Welfare
• On agenda: 6/28/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a commission to develop a citywide shelter siting plan for implementation by the department of homeless services and social services
• Sponsors: Jumaane D. Williams, Alicka Ampry-Samuel
• Indexes: Council Appointment Required, Other Appointment Required, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1017

By Council Members Williams and Ampry-Samuel

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a commission to develop a citywide shelter siting plan for implementation by the department of homeless services and social services
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 21-308 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 19 for the year 1999, is amended to read as follows:
c. Projected number of facilities to be constructed or rehabilitated to accommodate homeless individuals and families consistent with the shelter siting plan established pursuant to section 21-323.
? 2. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-323 to read as follows:
? 21-323 Commission on shelter siting. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
HRA domestic violence shelter. The term "HRA domestic violence shelter" means any residential care facility providing emergency shelter and services to victims of domestic violence and their minor children and operated by the department of social services/human resources administration or a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department of social services/ human resources administration.
Shelter. The term "shelter" means an HRA domestic violence shelter or temporary emergency housing provided to homeless adults, adult families and families with children by the department or by a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department.
b. Commission duties. There shall be a commission on shelter siting to study the locations of shelters across the city; analyze the relationship between shelter locations and homeless persons' access to their communities of origin, public transit and...