What's happening
This bill requires New York City to establish community advisory boards for each homeless facility, including local residents, businesses, and facility users.
Why it matters
Gives local communities—residents and businesses—a direct voice. in how homeless facilities are run, potentially improving relationships and reducing tensions between shelters and neighborhoods.
Requires input from actual facility users. , meaning homeless individuals themselves will have a formal role in advising on services and policies that directly impact their lives.
Mandates transparency and accountability. by subjecting advisory boards to New York’s open meetings law, allowing the public to observe and participate, which could lead to more responsive and effective facility management.
May influence city policy and resource allocation. for homeless services by creating a structured, ongoing feedback loop between communities, facility users, and city agencies.
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Require Homeless Shelter Boards
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- Referred to social services
- Referred to social services
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5172
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring community advisory boards for homeless facilities in cities with a population of one million or more
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 50 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-a. Beginning in two thousand eighteen in cities with a population over one million, the city's department of social services or other entity designated by the mayor of each city shall establish a community advisory board for each facility primarily serving homeless individuals operated by such city or contracted to be operated by such city. The community advisory board shall be constituted of businesses and residents of the local community and residents or users of the particular facility as well as other interested parties and shall be established by regulation of the city's department of social services or other designated agency of the city and be subject to article seven of the public officers law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07037-01-7
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