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A07936 Summary:

BILL NOA07936
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07616
 
SPONSORSantabarbara
 
COSPNSRSteck
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §99-z, Gen Muni L
 
Imposes consultation and reporting requirements for municipal corporations resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to another municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered, or funded by the federal government, the secretary of health and human services in the case of minors, the secretary of homeland security in the case of adults, or any municipal corporation within the state or agents thereof.
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A07936 Actions:

BILL NOA07936
 
08/04/2023referred to local governments
01/03/2024referred to local governments
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A07936 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7936
 
SPONSOR: Santabarbara
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing requirements for resettling, transporting or relocating certain migrants to other municipalities   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will require advanced consultation and notification of the chief executive officer of the directly affected municipality, as well as the Governor of New York State, regarding, the proposed resettlement, transportation, or relocation of non-detained migrants. This also will require transparency and monthly detailed reports from the municipality which is funding or directing the relocation of non-detained migrants.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 99-z is added to the general municipal law. This section adds requirements for resettling, transporting or relocating certain migrants to other municipalities. Subsection 1 of section 99-z requires that any municipal corporation resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to another municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered, or funded by the federal government, the secretary of health and human services in the case of minors, the secretary of homeland security in the case of adults, or any municipal corporation within the state or agents thereof, shall not later than thirty days before such resettle- ment, transportation, or relocation consult with both the governor and the chief executive officer of the directly affected municipal corpo- ration regarding the proposed resettlement, transportation or relo- cation. Subsection 2 of section 99-z requires the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation funding or directing the relocation of non-de- tained migrants to provide monthly reports starting seven days after the effective date of this section. Each report shall contain: the total number of migrants resettled, transported or relocated during the previ- ous month and the current calendar year, disaggregated by the number of single adults, members of family units, and minors; age; sex; country of origin; the types of security screenings performed with respect to such migrants; the methods used to determine the ages of migrants; the meth- ods used to verify the familial status of such migrants; the types of settings in which migrants are being resettled; summary of educational or occupational resources or assistance provided to such migrants; whether such migrants are granted permits to work; the total amount the municipal corporation has spent on migrant resettlement.   JUSTIFICATION: New York City has, without advanced notification or consultation, sent buses of non-detained migrants to resettle in hotels in communities throughout the entire state. Unfortunately, this has caused a burden in resources in many communities, and has also caused the displacement of poor and indigent individuals who were residing in certain hotels and already struggling with poverty - some who had been receiving assistance from County Departments of Social Services. Additionally, police resources, educational resources and emergency services resources are strained, and fiscal stress is caused to municipalities when one munici- pality can send hundreds of individuals to be housed in another communi- ty with zero notification or consultation. To make matters worse, the City of New York and the company that it has contracted with, DocGo, is unwilling to provide any information to the affected municipalities where it is sending non-detained migrants. This bill will require advanced notification between municipalities, as well as monthly report- ing requirements to the affected municipality and the State of New York. These new requirements will make sure that municipalities and their citizens are informed in advance of migrants being sent from another municipality, and that they will receive detailed reports regarding the total number of migrants being transported from the original munici- pality, and demographic details about the individuals being transported, resources provided to the individuals, as well as details about the processes for screening these individuals.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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A07936 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7936
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     August 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  establishing
          requirements   for  resettling,  transporting  or  relocating  certain
          migrants to other municipalities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 99-z to read as follows:
     3    §  99-z.  Requirements  for  resettling,  transporting  or  relocating
     4  certain  migrants  to other municipalities. 1. Any municipal corporation
     5  resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to  another
     6  municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered,
     7  or  funded  by the federal government, the secretary of health and human
     8  services in the case of minors, the secretary of  homeland  security  in
     9  the  case  of  adults,  or any municipal corporation within the state or
    10  agents thereof, shall not later than thirty days before  such  resettle-
    11  ment,  transportation,  or relocation consult with both the governor and
    12  the chief executive officer of the directly  affected  municipal  corpo-
    13  ration  regarding  the  proposed  resettlement,  transportation or relo-
    14  cation.
    15    2. (a) Not later than seven days after  the  effective  date  of  this
    16  section,  and  monthly  thereafter,  the  chief executive officer of the
    17  municipal corporation that is funding or  directing  the  relocation  of
    18  non-detained  migrants  shall make a state-specific report regarding the
    19  resettlement, transportation or relocation of such non-detained migrants
    20  in the United States during the previous month that was directed, admin-
    21  istered, or funded by the federal government  or  the  municipal  corpo-
    22  ration  or  that involved noncitizens subject to the United States immi-
    23  gration and customs enforcement's  alternatives  to  detention  program.
    24  Such  report  shall  be provided to the governor and the chief executive
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11944-02-3

        A. 7936                             2
 
     1  officer of every municipal corporation within the  state  that  migrants
     2  are  being transported to. Additionally such report shall be made avail-
     3  able on a publicly  accessible  government  website  for  the  municipal
     4  corporation making the report.
     5    (b) Each report shall contain:
     6    (i)  the  total number of migrants resettled, transported or relocated
     7  during the previous month and the current calendar  year,  disaggregated
     8  by:
     9    (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, and minors;
    10    (B) age;
    11    (C) sex; and
    12    (D) country of origin;
    13    (ii) the methods used to determine the ages of such migrants;
    14    (iii) the methods used to verify the familial status of such migrants;
    15    (iv) the types of settings in which such migrants are being resettled,
    16  transported or relocated, which may be aggregated by the general type of
    17  setting;
    18    (v) summary of the educational or occupational resources or assistance
    19  provided to such migrants;
    20    (vi)  whether  such  migrants  are granted permits to work and how any
    21  such migrants without a work permit will financially support themselves;
    22    (vii) the total amounts the municipal corporation has spent on migrant
    23  resettlement, transportation or relocation;
    24    (viii) whether the migrants are being resettled, transported or  relo-
    25  cated on a temporary or permanent basis, disaggregated by:
    26    (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, and minors;
    27    (B) age;
    28    (C) sex; and
    29    (D) country of origin; and
    30    (ix)  the  types of security screenings performed with respect to such
    31  migrants.
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    33  have become a law.
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