STATE OF NEW YORK
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5262
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to guidance to facilities
and programs overseen by state agencies on interactions with Federal
immigration authorities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of
2 the executive law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 2014, are
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (m) Encourage and assist local governments in the development of
5 activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant
6 communities; [and]
7 (n) Assist state agencies in the preparation of guidance to be dissem-
8 inated to facilities and programs overseen by such agencies concerning
9 inquiries from Federal immigration authorities seeking access to indi-
10 viduals residing or participating in such facilities or programs, or to
11 records or other information regarding such persons; and
12 (o) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year,
13 produce a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the
14 temporary president of the senate describing the activities of the
15 office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through
16 the hotline and website, information on ESOL training services provided
17 by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity
18 centers, or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce develop-
19 ment programs, and any other relevant information.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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