Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 11 a.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
Committee: Committee on Aging
The Committee on Aging met to vote on two items: a bill requiring the City to ensure that information and enrollment for services are available through non-digital means (such as paper and phone), citing data that about 12% of older adults lack internet access and roughly 30% do not own or use a computer; and a resolution calling on the Governor to sign state legislation (Senate bill and Assembly bill A.10055) authorizing the New York State Office for the Aging to establish, operate, and maintain transportation service programs and partner with area agencies on aging. The chair noted that 32% of older adults have at least one functional difficulty and nearly a quarter have ambulatory difficulty. Both items were adopted by a vote of six in the affirmative, zero in the negative, with no abstentions.
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0:03 ,pool. Good morning and welcome
0:11 to the New York City hybrid
0:13 here in a committee on agent,
0:15 to begin
0:20 . Thank you. Ah! Hello,
0:21 everyone. I'm council student
0:22 lawn chair of New York City
0:25 council's comedian agent I
0:26 want to welcome you all to
0:30 today's vote, we've be joined
0:32 five following counsel members
0:37 Hudson bore show me and the
0:39 other ball online today we
0:43 will be voted in on two piece
0:45 of legislation. The first is
0:49 proposing chore 8 21, a
0:51 sponsored by Council Member
0:53 this bill would require the
0:57 two to ensure them information
0:58 val about digital spatially
1:02 digitally special applications
1:04 or
1:05 . Enrollment information for
1:06 services is also available
1:07 through non digital means
1:10 ,such as through paper on or
1:12 through the phone, according
1:14 to drift off most recent
1:15 service needs us needs
1:18 assessment about 12% of order
1:20 adults do not have or do not
1:22 know if they have the access.
1:26 Furthermore, 30% of older
1:28 adults, reported reportedly do
1:30 not own or used computer or
1:33 attack table. This issue I
1:37 sparticularly accurate for
1:40 other New yorkers who have low
1:42 income, live alone have lower
1:43 levels of four more education
1:47 or have limited the pro.
1:50 Efficiency in english for
1:52 other New yorkers, the
1:55 internet access device is also
1:58 chopper along socioeconomic
1:59 class lines, then it's for
2:02 younger people, it's important
2:03 that other New yorkers have
2:06 access to seicesrv they need,
2:07 and we will all everything in
2:09 our power to ensure no one is
2:12 left behind. I want to thank
2:14 Council Member, the for her
2:15 work on this bill. We are also
2:19 voting home proposed
2:20 resolution 421.
2:22 Sponsored by a council
2:24 member darling millie, the
2:26 resolution calls on governor
2:28 to sign into law center. The
2:31 bill and the assembly bill 1
2:36 00 5 5, which would authorize
2:38 New York state's
2:39 . Office for aging or sofa to
2:45 l establish, operate and
2:47 maintain programs for
2:50 transportation services. It
2:51 would also allow them t
2:52 opunish her with area agencies
2:55 for aging like the fta for the
3:00 same because
3:00 . Excitingly the bill has
3:02 passed both state senate and
3:04 the state assembly highlight
3:07 the importance of this issue
3:09 and that we now wait, it's
3:11 delivered to governors for her
3:14 sign for her signature. This
3:15 is a high
3:18 . Perp violence, our function
3:20 difference in order about
3:22 community with 32% of all
3:25 doubts have having at least
3:27 one functional difficulty and
3:29 the nearly a quarter of order
3:32 ,thus having ambulatory
3:36 difficulty. It means 32%. I
3:37 will order those struggle t
3:40 ocomplete type of typical daily
3:42 activity and the nearly a
3:44 quarter have difficulty walk
3:47 or climbs stairs for those
3:48 over 85. These numbers jumped
3:51 rapid too late to 65% and the
3:53 more than half respect
3:58 ,respectively. This order New
4:00 yorkers rely on accessible
4:03 transportation options.
4:04 To reach health
4:06 opportunities get food and the
4:09 stay connected to their
4:10 communities. This bill will
4:11 give
4:12 . Sofa more power to address
4:14 this issue head on and the
4:16 created the program older New
4:18 yorkers need to thrive. I want
4:20 to thank county member millie
4:24 for champing.
4:25 Championing this issue. I
4:26 also want to thanks the
4:27 speaker and my other
4:29 colleagues for supporting
4:31 these peace pieces of
4:32 legislation I want to thank
4:34 legislative staff, my staff
4:35 and the at the vacate for
4:36 their hard work with that, I
4:39 pass, it's to clerk to call
4:43 the roll.
4:44 Thank you. Good morning,
4:44 william martin, committee
4:45 clerk roll call vote committee
4:46 on aging both items are
4:49 coupled chair I showman I.
4:55 Hudson, I do, you know, it's
5:01 Brewer, I Mealy chair explain
5:06 my vote. I I just want t
5:08 othank the speaker and yourself
5:13 for colon is resolution
5:13 calling on the New York state
5:15 governor to sign 6 8 9/ 8 15
5:22 5authorizing in the New York
5:23 state office for the agent to
5:27 established, operate and
5:29 maintain programs, but
5:32 transportation services know
5:33 seniors should be forced into
5:34 isolation because they cannot
5:36 get to a doctor's appointment,
5:39 a grocery store or slim simply
5:42 visit their loved ones.
5:45 Transportation is essential to
5:47 the health, independence and
5:50 dignity. Reds oh, 4 21, eh?
5:54 Recognize that reality and
5:55 calls on New York state to
5:57 empower the New york's City
5:59 department of agent to expand
6:03 and maintain transportation
6:05 programs that are growing
6:08 senior population desperately
6:11 needs supporting our elders
6:12 means keeping them connected
6:14 to their communities, and I
6:16 proudly urged my colleagues t
6:17 osign on to this important
6:20 resolution and I vote, I thank
6:22 you. Thank you, al label I
6:27 bought. I thank you one more
6:32 time councilmember donna wits
6:36 was a vote of six in the
6:37 affirmative is zero in the
6:39 negative and no abstentions.
6:40 Both items have been adopted
6:41 by