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Council Member Narcisse inquires about accessibility features and staff training
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse inquires about accessibility features in city buildings, particularly focusing on elevator access for people with disabilities. She also asks about the frequency of training for clinic staff on disability issues. Representatives from DOHMH and NYC Health + Hospitals provide responses, though some details require follow-up.
- Newer elevators in NYC Health + Hospitals facilities have visual and audio components to assist users with disabilities.
- DOHMH needs to follow up on the specifics of elevator technology and the frequency of clinical staff training on disability issues.
- The discussion highlights the importance of independence for people with disabilities in accessing public facilities.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:09:23
Quickly, for the old building, I remember for the elevator simply, I mean things that can be simple for us, how do they access the elevators?
1:09:33
Are we still using Braille in the front or are we using other technology that I
Julie Friesen
1:09:40
don't know of?
1:09:40
The more modern you You know, I'm gonna have to, I'll have to get back to you on that detail.
1:09:49
I think there's some newer technology that's available for the elevators.
1:09:54
Our new lab hasn't opened yet and so I haven't actually used it myself.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:09:59
Yeah, because you don't want someone that can be independent have to depend on somebody else to wait how to access even simple as elevator.
1:10:08
And that goes for HNH too.
1:10:10
What is going on there?
Manny Saez
1:10:11
In our newer modernized elevators, we have the visuals and hearing components
Linda Lee
1:10:16
Mhmm.
Manny Saez
1:10:16
That are in the cabs to help assist.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:10:18
Okay.
1:10:20
Alright.
1:10:21
Thank you, chair.
1:10:22
And the training, you said you didn't know how often it was being done as DOHMH, right?
1:10:27
For the clinics.
1:10:28
For the clinics.
Julie Friesen
1:10:28
Yeah, the clinic staff.
1:10:30
Have to get back to you.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:10:32
Thank you.
Linda Lee
1:10:34
Okay.
1:10:34
I think that's all the questions I have.
1:10:37
I feel like there's a lot more to talk about related to this topic, but it encompasses a lot of other city agencies that are not present, so we'll save that for another day.
1:10:47
But I want to thank you all for being here and for your testimony and for sharing all your information with us.
1:10:52
And that concludes this the administration portion of our oh Commissioner Curry did you
Sonyong Lee
1:10:58
want to say something?