Allows chief executive officer of city of Yonkers to designate an agency on aging for purposes of county plans under community services for the elderly program (1965 federal older Americans act).
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7477
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the elder law, in relation to designated agencies in the
city of Yonkers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To amend the law enabling cities with a population of one hundred and
sixty thousand people or more to be designated as an area agency on the
aging.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill amends section 541 of the executive law to allow any city with
a population of one hundred and sixty thousand people or more to be
designated as an area agency on aging pursuant to the 1965 federal older
Americans act.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, senior citizen funding is allocated by a county area agency
on the aging. This measure would give cities such as Yonkers, Buffalo,
Rochester and Syracuse, which are larger than many counties, the ability
to receive direct funding for programs for the aging. Since cities such
as Yonkers contain a growing population of senior citizens this should
lead to an increase in funding and available programs for a population
with significant unmet needs.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
01/03/24 A4557 referred to governmental operations
02/16/23 A4557 referred to governmental operations
2021-2022 A1708 referred to governmental operations
2019-2020 A1828 referred to governmental operations
2017-2018 A2638 referred to governmental operations
2015 - 2016 referred to governmental operations
01/18/13 referred to governmental operations
01/08/14 referred to governmental operations
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7477
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to designated agencies in the
city of Yonkers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 214 of the elder
2 law is amended to read as follows:
3 (a) "Designated agency" shall mean an agency which is designated by
4 the chief executive officer of the county if there be one, or otherwise
5 the governing board of such county, or the chief executive officer of
6 the city of New York or the city of Yonkers, or the governing board of
7 an Indian tribal council; which is either a unit of county government or
8 the city of New York or an Indian tribal organization or a private non-
9 profit agency, and which is the area agency on aging created pursuant to
10 the federal older Americans act of 1965.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10713-01-5
