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Council Member Joseph Questions Summer Rising Special Needs Accommodations

New York City Council · May 28, 2026 · starts 3:32:27 · 56 sec

Council Member Rita Joseph asks about the number of Summer Rising applications and how DYCD is coordinating with public schools to accommodate students with IEPs.

Luisa Linares

How many students applied for summarizing today?

Luisa Linares

And what provision are you putting in place for students with special needs?

Luisa Linares

Students with IEPs.

Luisa Linares

I'm gonna defer to the youth services team to respond to that.

Luisa Linares

So uh this past year we received over 150,000 uh applications.

Luisa Linares

So we're really excited about that.

Luisa Linares

Uh, in regarding um providing supports for youth and disabilities, uh, we've been working with the Dow team in New York City Public Schools to ensure that we have accommodation plans for every single child that is required to receive those services and coordinating with school leadership and the CBOs as well to ensure that all those supports in place for all those services throughout the um program period.

Luisa Linares

And a student who needs a one-to-one power in summarizing, yes, one will be provided and you will accommodate what's on the IP.

Luisa Linares

Correct, correct?

Luisa Linares

Yes, thank you so much.