Bill Commons

NY A 278

in committee

Relates to enacting the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 278 pass?

Not yet. NY A 278 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LABOR

What is NY A 278 about?

Enacts the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act" to allow asylum seekers to apply for and be granted temporary work permits while their federal immigration status is being determined.

Who sponsors NY A 278?

Catalina Cruz is the primary sponsor of NY A 278, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the "New York emergency expedited temporary work permit act" to allow asylum seekers to apply for and be granted temporary work permits while their federal immigration status is being determined.

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

  • Catalina Cruzprimary
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • John Zaccaro Jr.cosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Albert A. Stirpecosponsor
  • David Weprincosponsor
  • Alex Borescosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Amy Paulincosponsor
  • Jonathan Riveracosponsor
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Philip Ramoscosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LABOR

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8021not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9106

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A278?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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