Bill Text: NY A01759 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1759

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - referred to local governments [A01759 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01759-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1759

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, WOERNER, SAYEGH, BLUMENCRANZ -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

        AN  ACT  in  relation to prohibiting the relocation of migrants from one
          municipality to another municipality unless  and  until  a  resolution
          authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of
          both the receiving municipality where the migrants are to be relocated
          and the county in which the receiving municipality is located

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and referred to as the
     2  "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act".
     3    § 2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation to  the
     4  contrary, no municipality shall relocate migrants from such municipality
     5  for  the  purpose  of  permanent or temporary housing to another munici-
     6  pality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing  the  relo-
     7  cation  has  been  adopted by the governing bodies of both the receiving
     8  municipality and the county  in  which  the  receiving  municipality  is
     9  located.  Prior  to  the actual physical relocation of the migrants, the
    10  relocating municipality shall  provide  at  least  thirty  days  written
    11  notice to the receiving municipality of the impending relocation of such
    12  individuals.
    13    § 3. As used in this act:
    14    (i)  "municipality"  means a city, town, village or hamlet in New York
    15  state;
    16    (ii) "receiving municipality" means  the  municipality  to  which  the
    17  migrants are to be transported; and
    18    (iii)  "relocating  municipality"  means the municipality in which the
    19  migrants are currently housed and from which  the  migrants  are  to  be
    20  relocated.
    21    §  4. A violation of the provisions of this act shall be punishable by
    22  a fine in the amount of $1,000 per migrant,  per  day,  payable  to  the
    23  comptroller of the state of New York.
    24    § 5. 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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