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NY A 1759

in committee

Enacts the "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

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.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marianne Buttenschonprimary
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor
  • Jake Ryan Blumencranzcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1759?summary=&detail=

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