Legislation Details

File #: Int 1047-2018    Version: Name: Requiring the dept of veterans' services to provide veterans with outreach and education on issues related to higher education.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
File created: 7/18/2018 In control: Committee on Veterans
On agenda: 7/18/2018 Final action: 6/29/2019
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing veterans with outreach and engagement on issues related to higher education
Sponsors: Chaim M. Deutsch, Eric A. Ulrich, Paul A. Vallone, Mathieu Eugene, Mark Gjonaj , Inez D. Barron, Robert F. Holden, Ben Kallos, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Brad S. Lander, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera , Stephen T. Levin
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1047-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1047, 3. Int. No. 1047, 4. July 18, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-18-18, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 18, 2018, 7. Committee Report 12/13/18, 8. Hearing Testimony 12/13/18, 9. Hearing Transcript 12/13/18, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1047-A - 5/22/19, 11. Committee Report 5/28/19, 12. Hearing Transcript 5/28/19, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. May 29, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-29-19, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 29, 2019, 17. Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of May 29, 2019 Held on June 13, 2019, 18. Int. No. 1047-A (FINAL), 19. Fiscal Impact Statement, 20. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 21. Local Law 123
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7/2/2019A City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/29/2019A Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019A City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019A City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/2019* Committee on Veterans Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/2019* Committee on Veterans Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/28/2019* Committee on Veterans Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/28/2019* Committee on Veterans Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/28/2019A Committee on Veterans Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/13/2018* Committee on Higher Education Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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12/13/2018* Committee on Veterans Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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7/18/2018* City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 1047-A

 

By Council Members Deutsch, Ulrich, Vallone, Eugene, Gjonaj, Barron, Holden, Kallos, Ampry-Samuel, Lander, Ayala, Rivera and Levin

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing veterans with outreach and engagement on issues related to higher education

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 31 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 31-110 to read as follows:

§ 31-110 Outreach and engagement on issues related to higher education. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of consumer affairs and any other agencies identified by the mayor, shall establish and coordinate outreach and engagement efforts to inform veterans about financial issues and resources related to higher education, including, but not limited to: government programs and other resources available to veterans, resources on how to minimize student debt, student loan repayment options and programs for veterans, the risks of for-profit or fraudulent colleges and trade schools, how to identify predatory for-profit institutions and lower-cost alternatives to for-profit higher education.

b. The materials developed pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be made available on the department’s website, at each veterans resource centers established pursuant to section 31-106 and in printed form upon request.

§ 2.  This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

NB/NJC

LS #6459

4/26/19