The measure, sponsored by Councilmember Diana Ayala, codifies a pandemic-era shift.
Families seeking shelter in New York City will no longer be required to bring their children to in-person intake proceedings under City Council legislation passed this week that’s meant to give some reprieve to families.
“I had a one-year-old in a carriage. They don't want to sit there,” she said during a Thursday press conference before the full Council meeting. “They're hungry, they're restless, they don't want to sit in one place for a certain amount of time.” As it currently stands, families seeking shelter have been required to go to a centralized intake center in the Bronx to secure their placement. Though intake proceedings at the city’s Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing center are drastically shorter today compared to the days of multiple city intake centers, families still spend six to seven hours on average at the center, DHS officials
Advocates say Ayala’s bill is a necessary step in upholding a relatively recent shift in how the agency conducts its family intake proceedings.
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