NYC Council · Int 0197-2024 · Filed (End of Session)

Requiring text to 911 and next generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages.

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Introduced Feb 28, 2024

Official status: Filed (End of Session)

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Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring text to 911 and next generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages” Read the full text

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What it does

This bill would require Text to 911 and Next Generation 911 to be available in the designated citywide languages. It would also require the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to annually report on the use of Text to 911 and Next Generation 911 in the designated citywide languages to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and post such report on its website.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.