Councilwoman Julie Won and community advocates celebrated the passage of her legislation to greatly expand language access for immigrant New Yorkers.
Intro 136-B will create a resource guide of community-based organizations to provide translation and interpretation services that are culturally competent, in the correct language and dialect and specific to New York City, while Intro 700-A will require city agencies to translate written materials that they distribute when enforcing city laws or carrying out compliance actions.
