This bill would require the Commissioner of Social Services to arrange for the distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications at senior centers. The bill will require coordination between the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of the Department for the Aging on SNAP-related programming at senior centers. The bill will also require quarterly reports from the Commissioner of Social Services to the Council on the number of seniors enrolled in the SNAP program at each senior center.
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Int. No.
By Council Members Koslowitz, The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito) and Chin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollment at senior centers
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-131.1 to read as follows:
§ 21-131.1 Supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollment at senior centers. a. The commissioner shall distribute applications for the supplemental nutrition assistance program to all senior centers. For purposes of this section, the term “senior center” has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 21-201.
b. The commissioner shall, in coordination with the commissioner of the department for the aging, establish and implement a program to enable enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at all senior centers. Such program shall, at a minimum, enable eligible seniors to enroll in the supplemental nutrition assistance program in person at each senior center.
c. Beginning January 1, 2018, and on the first business day of each succeeding calendar quarter thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the speaker of the city council indicating, at a minimum, (1) the number of seniors enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at each senior center in the previous calendar quarter; and (2) the number of seniors enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at each senior center during the current calendar year.
§ 2. Chapter 2 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-207 to read as follows:
§ 21-207 Supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollment. a. The commissioner shall, in coordination with the commissioner of social services, require each senior center to offer programming no less than once each month to enable eligible seniors to enroll in the supplemental nutrition assistance program established pursuant to section 95 of the social services law.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of the department for the aging may take all actions necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.
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