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.
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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7936
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 4, 2023
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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.
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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.