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NY A 861

in committee

Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 861 pass?

Not yet. NY A 861 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 861 about?

Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities; requires the office of New Americans to establish a program to deliver comprehensive case management services to immigrants residing in certain shelters.

Who sponsors NY A 861?

Phara Souffrant Forrest is the primary sponsor of NY A 861, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities; requires the office of New Americans to establish a program to deliver comprehensive case management services to immigrants residing in certain shelters.

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

  • Phara Souffrant Forrestprimary
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8088not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A861?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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