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NYC Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Meeting Minutes - October 23, 2025
New YorkOct 23, 20257 min read
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The Committee reviewed oversight of the ATWORK Employment Program for New Yorkers with Disabilities and held hearings on multiple local laws and resolutions related to accessibility, disability employment, and services. Several items were laid over for further consideration.
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Wheelchair repair services informationDue process hearings for students with disabilitiesAccess-A-Ride service improvementsLaborAccessibility guidelines for print documentsTransportationFilm, television, and theater accessibility fundEducationATWORK Employment Program oversight
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- Oversight hearing held on NYC ATWORK Employment Program for New Yorkers with Disabilities; report and testimony filed.
- Hearing held on Int 0163-2024 to establish accessibility guidelines for print documents; laid over by committee.
- Hearing held on Int 1004-2024 to provide information on wheelchair repair providers and related services; laid over by committee.
- Hearing held on Int 1307-2025 to establish a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote employment of persons with disabilities; laid over by committee.
- Hearing held on Res 0323-2024 calling on MTA and NYCTA to adopt federally recommended measures to ensure Access-A-Ride serves New Yorkers on time; laid over by committee.
- Hearing held on Res 0338-2024 urging NYC DOE and NYS Education Department to provide timely impartial due process hearings for families of students with disabilities; laid over by committee.
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Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Oct 23, 2025, 12:00 AM250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1scheduled
Agenda
- Oversight - NYC: ATWORK Employment Program for New Yorkers with Disabilities.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing accessibility guidelines for printed documents
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing information on wheelchair repair providers
- Resolution calling on the MTA and NYCTA to adopt federally-recommended measures to ensure that access-a-ride serves New Yorkers on-time.
- Resolution calling upon the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department to meet their obligations under state and federal law to provide impartial due process hearings in a timely manner as they relate to resolving complaints filed by families of students with disabilities.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote the employment of persons with disabilities
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- Agenda Item
- Oversight - NYC: ATWORK Employment Program for New Yorkers with Disabilities.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing accessibility guidelines for printed documents
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing information on wheelchair repair providers
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a film, television, and theater accessibility fund to promote the employment of persons with disabilities
- Resolution calling on the MTA and NYCTA to adopt federally-recommended measures to ensure that access-a-ride serves New Yorkers on-time.
- Resolution calling upon the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department to meet their obligations under state and federal law to provide impartial due process hearings in a timely manner as they relate to resolving complaints filed by families of students with disabilities.
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