Speaker Menin agenda overview - Child care, organic waste, and background check bills
Menin previews Intro 580-A creating an office of child care (Gutierrez), Intro 31-A expanding commercial organic waste requirements (Abreu), and Intro 15-A limiting redundant child care background checks (Abreu).
Thank you to Morgan Barrett.
Introduction 580A, sponsored by Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez, would create an office of childcare and early childhood education.
To work with the mayor in planning and implementing child care for any child who resides in the city at no cost to a parent, step-parent, guardian, or relative.
Thank you to Julia Goldsmith Pinkham.
Introduction 31A, sponsored by Majority Leader Abreu, would expand the categories of establishments that can be designated by DSNY to be subject to requirements regarding separation and disposal
of organic waste.
It also required DSNY to designate additional covered establishments by December 1st, 2026.
Thank you to Morgan Barrett and Audrey San.
Introduction 15-A, also sponsored by Majority Leader Abrea, would prohibit DOHMH from acquiring a subsequent background check of an individual for the purposes of working in a center-based child care program if
DOHMH has already completed a background check unless the individual has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days in the past five years,
a child care program requests a background check, or a background check is otherwise required by law or necessary for purposes of safety.