Hi there,
Please be advised that the New York City Council Committee on Education will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 1:00 PM in the Committee Room at City Hall, New York, New York 10007 and via Zoom web conference, on the following legislation:
· Int. 566 (Feliz), A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring all children with an individualized education program to be transported in buses with air-conditioning
· Int. 644 (Williams), A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city department of education to provide information on establishing afterschool programs
· Int. 725 (Lee), A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to create a website for schools to list surplus school supplies to be claimed for use by other schools
· Int. 868 (Stevens), A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to report on the number of District 75 students and the criteria used to determine the location of District 75 schools
All hearing items may be accessed via this link.
You are hereby invited to attend and testify, either in-person at City Hall, or live via Zoom.
If you are planning on testifying in-person or via Zoom, please register in advance of the hearing at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/. Each person who intends to testify live via Zoom should register separately. Note that Zoom links are personalized and should not be shared. Zoom links will be manually sent as the hearing date approaches. If you plan to testify in-person, it would be greatly appreciated if you could bring twenty (20) copies double-sided of your written testimony to the hearing.
Written testimony may be submitted without registration by emailing it to testimony@council.nyc.gov or via the Council’s website at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ up to 72 hours after the close of the hearing.
The entrance to the hearing and restrooms at 250 Broadway are fully accessible. For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, please contact Nicole Benjamin (NBenjamin@council.nyc.gov or 212-482-5176) at least 72 hours before the hearing. All other questions about the hearing can be directed to me (CRivera@council.nyc.gov).
Thank you,
Chloë
Chloë Rivera (she/her)
Senior Policy Analyst, New York City Council