Providing supplemental language access services in connection with temporary language needs.

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing supplemental language access services in connection with temporary language needs

This bill would expand upon the City’s Language Access Law by requiring agencies to provide services in additional languages, as necessary, to respond to an emergency in which a large number of people who do not speak one of the designated citywide languages are arriving in the City and seeking city services.