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NY A09056

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all state emergency alerts issued via email, text, phone, social media, or internet feeds to be provided in no fewer than the ten most commonly spoken languages within the affected area

  • Amends New York City requirements for commercial mobile service emergency alerts, increasing the language requirement from two to ten most commonly spoken languages

  • Increases NYC Office of Emergency Management notification system language requirements from seven to ten most commonly spoken languages

  • Mandates notifications be separated into distinct messages in separate feeds for each language, with general versions permitted when real-time translation is unavailable

  • Takes effect 30 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization to create necessary rules and regulations for implementation

Legislative Description

Requires emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations9/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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