New York A09056 requires emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert.

New York A09056 amends the executive law and the administrative code of the city of New York to require emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert. Notifications must be separated into distinct messages in separate feeds for each language. A general version of each notification may be used when a real-time translation is unavailable, provided that priority shall be placed upon making notifications available with the greatest specificity possible.

New York A09056 requires emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert.

New York A09056 amends the executive law and the administrative code of the city of New York to require emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert. Notifications must be separated into distinct messages in separate feeds for each language. A general version of each notification may be used when a real-time translation is unavailable, provided that priority shall be placed upon making notifications available with the greatest specificity possible.