Chapter 66 - DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING

Section 2400.

Section 2400.

  §  2400. Department; commissioner. There shall be a department for the
aging, the head of which shall be the commissioner for the aging.

Section 2401.

Section 2401.

  §  2401. Deputies. The commissioner may appoint and at pleasure remove
a deputy commissioner.

Section 2402.

Section 2402.

  §  2402.   Powers and duties.  The department shall have the following
powers and duties:
  a.  to stimulate community interest in the problems of the aging;
  b.  to promote public awareness of resources available for the  aging,
and  to  refer the public to appropriate departments and agencies of the
city, state and federal governments for advice, assistance and available
services in connection with particular problems;
  c.    to  cooperate  with  and  assist  local  neighborhoods  in   the
development of programs and the establishment of local offices;
  d.  to serve as a clearing house for information relating to the needs
of the aging;
  e.    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;
  f.    to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  operation  of
facilities, services and programs under its jurisdiction; and
  g.  to maintain, operate and control such programs and  facilities  as
may  be  necessary  or  required  for  the  proper administration of the
department.

Section 2403.

Section 2403.

  §  2403.  Advisory  council.  a.   There shall be in the department an
advisory council consisting of thirty-one members at  least  sixteen  of
whom shall be recipients of services rendered to the elderly.
  These  members  shall include representatives from the areas of social
service, health care, the academic community and local neighborhoods.
  b.  It shall be the duty of the council to advise the commissioner and
make recommendations.  The council shall submit an annual report of  its
activities to the mayor.
  c.  The members of the council shall be appointed by the mayor. Ten of
said  members, two residents from each of the five boroughs of the city,
shall be recommended for appointment by a  majority  vote  of  the  city
council members of the respective boroughs.
  d.  The terms of office of the thirty-one members of the council first
appointed shall be as follows: eleven appointees, five of whom shall  be
recommended   for  appointment  by  the  city  council  members  of  the
respective boroughs, one from each  borough,  shall  serve  for  a  term
ending  the  thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred eighty-one; ten
appointees shall serve for a term ending the thirty-first day of  March,
nineteen  hundred  eighty-two; and ten appointees, five of whom shall be
recommended  for  appointment  by  the  city  council  members  of   the
respective  boroughs,  one  from  each  borough,  shall serve for a term
ending the thirty-first day of  March,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three.
Upon  the  expiration  of  such  terms,  the  terms  of  office of their
successors shall be three years. Vacancies occurring otherwise  than  by
expiration  of  term  shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
manner as regular appointments.
  e.  The mayor shall designate one of the members of the council to  be
chairman and one to be vice-chairman.
  f.  The members of the council shall serve without compensation.