Bill Commons

NY A 2161

in committee

Relates to resettlement of asylum seekers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 2161 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2161 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

What is NY A 2161 about?

Prohibits municipal corporations from refusing resettlement of asylum seekers from other municipal corporations in the state, provided that the resettling municipal corporation covers the costs of such resettlement, and no property of the municipal corporation receiving such asylum seekers is used without such municipal corporation's consent.

Who sponsors NY A 2161?

Jenifer Rajkumar is the primary sponsor of NY A 2161, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits municipal corporations from refusing resettlement of asylum seekers from other municipal corporations in the state, provided that the resettling municipal corporation covers the costs of such resettlement, and no property of the municipal corporation receiving such asylum seekers is used without such municipal corporation's consent.

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

  • Jenifer Rajkumarprimary
  • Steven Ragacosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7992not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2161?summary=&detail=

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