Section 731.
§ 731. Department; commissioner. There shall be a department of youth
and community development, the head of which shall be the commissioner
of youth and community development.
Section 732.
§ 732. Deputies. The commissioner shall appoint at least one deputy
for youth services who shall be responsible for youth services programs
and one deputy for community services who shall be responsible for
community development programs.
Section 733.
§ 733. Powers and duties. a. The department shall have all the powers
and duties of a youth bureau as prescribed in article nineteen-a of the
executive law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall in
addition have the following powers and duties:
1. to advise and assist the mayor and the city council in developing
policies designed to meet the needs of youth;
2. to initiate youth programs and coordinate youth programs and
activities sponsored by other city agencies and responsible
organizations in the private sector;
3. to plan for and coordinate neighborhood youth services in
conjunction with community boards and youth services planning
committees;
4. to stimulate community interest in the problems of youth;
5. to promote public awareness of resources available for youth, and
to refer the public to appropriate departments, agencies and
organizations for advice, assistance and services available to youth;
6. to make such studies and reports regarding needs of youth as the
commissioner, the city council or the mayor may deem appropriate;
7. to serve as the central source of information relating to services
and programs available to youth;
8. to enter into contracts with individuals, organizations and
institutions as may be necessary to implement policies and programs
consistent with the provisions of this chapter;
9. to disburse available city, state and federal funds to programs
throughout the city and, when practical, coordinate such funds with
available funding from the private sector;
10. to maintain, operate and control such programs and facilities as
may be necessary or required for the proper administration of the
department; and
11. to promulgate rules for the operation of facilities, services and
programs under the department's jurisdiction.
b. The department shall have all the powers and duties of a designated
community action agency for the community services block grant program
established pursuant to chapter 106 of title 42 of the United States
code (the "omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981"; 42 U.S.C. §§
9901-9912), and any amendments thereto.
c. The department shall be authorized to carry out programs and
activities for eligible youths pursuant to chapter 30 of title 29 of the
United States Code (title 1 of the "workforce investment act of 1998";
29 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2945), and any amendments thereto.
Section 734.
§ 734. Youth board. a. There shall be in the department a youth board,
which shall serve as a forum for representatives of disciplines directly
concerned with the welfare of youth.
b. The youth board shall be representative of the community, and shall
include persons representing the areas of social service, health care,
education, business, industry and labor.
c. The youth board shall consist of up to twenty-eight members,
appointed by the mayor, fourteen of whom shall be appointed upon
recommendation of the city council.
d. The mayor shall designate one of the members of the youth board to
be chair.
e. The members of the youth board shall serve without compensation.
f. The youth board shall meet at least quarterly.
Section 735.
§ 735. Interagency coordinating council. a. There shall be an
interagency coordinating council established by the mayor which shall
consist of representatives of each city agency providing services to
youth, representatives from the youth board established pursuant to
section seven hundred thirty-four of this chapter and a representative
of the city council who shall be appointed by the speaker of the city
council. The mayor, or his or her designee, shall serve as chairperson
of the interagency coordinating council and shall preside over all
meetings. The commissioner shall serve as director of the interagency
coordinating council.
b. The interagency coordinating council shall:
1. prepare and include in the report required by paragraph ten of this
subdivision an annual breakdown for the immediately preceding fiscal
year of each member agency's allocations for services to youth and the
number of youth served;
2. recommend, in consultation with the office of operations, means for
improving member agencies' delivery, management and supervision of
services to youth;
3. recommend means by which the duplication and fragmentation of
service delivery to youth may be reduced and the efficiency,
effectiveness and economy of service delivery may be enhanced;
4. consider proposals from member agencies, the city council and the
youth board for the improvement of service delivery to youth;
5. recommend to the mayor joint agency projects or programs which
could make more efficient use of existing resources;
6. plan and develop a comprehensive information service for the
benefit of youth, their families, service providers and school and
government personnel, which shall include citywide, boroughwide and
community board program directories, hotlines and other such services
designed to facilitate public accessibility to such information;
7. conduct an annual comprehensive youth services needs assessment on
a citywide, boroughwide and community district basis;
8. formulate an integrated, comprehensive plan for the delivery of
community-based services to youth;
9. compile, collect and develop periodically, and make available,
information and data relating to youth and youth services in New York
city; and
10. issue an annual report, in October of each year, to the city
council and the mayor summarizing its activity during the previous
fiscal year and detailing recommendations for improving service delivery
and coordination, reducing duplication and fragmentation and
facilitating the more efficient use of existing resources. Such report
shall also include an annual breakdown of member agencies' allocations
for services to youth and the number of youth served as prescribed in
paragraph one of this subdivision, an annual comprehensive youth
services needs assessment as prescribed in paragraph seven of this
subdivision, and a two-year proposed agenda consisting of specific
issues that the interagency coordinating council plans to address during
the current and subsequent fiscal years.
c. The interagency coordinating council shall meet at least quarterly
and shall hold at least one public hearing annually, at which public
testimony shall be taken.
Section 736.
§ 736. Community action board. There shall be in the department a
community action board which shall be constituted so as to assure that
it is in compliance with applicable federal and state requirements.
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