Assembly Bill A10648

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10648
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 22, 2024
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  relating to directing the state comptroller to withhold certain
   payments to be made to the federal government; and providing  for  the
   expiration and repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The state comptroller  is  directed  to  withhold  eight
 million  dollars in payments or future obligations to the National Rail-
 road Passenger Corporation and/or to the federal department of the trea-
 sury for payments in the category "interest on leases, loans and claims"
 for every day that the federal government does not grant to asylum seek-
 ers who are in the custody of the city  of  New  York  documentation  or
 other  authorization  permitting such persons to be eligible for employ-
 ment.
   2. For the purposes of this act:
   (a) "Asylum seeker" means an individual who changes their  country  of
 usual  residence  to  seek  temporary  or permanent residence in another
 country, and who has applied for asylum under 8  U.S.C.  §  1158  or  is
 eligible to apply;
   (b)  "Refugee"  shall have the same meaning as set forth in 8 U.S.C. §
 1158;
   (c) "Temporary protected status" shall have the same  meaning  as  set
 forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1254a; and
   (d)  "Removal  proceedings"  shall  have the meaning as set forth in 8
 U.S.C. § 1229a.
   3. Authorization or documentation permitting employment shall include,
 but are not limited to,  eligibility  for  temporary  protected  status,
 granting  refugee  status,  or  a  new  federal law in effect that makes
 asylum seekers eligible within thirty days of applying for asylum.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed when every adult asylum seeker in New York city's custo-
 dy  at  the  time of such effective date receives an employment authori-
 zation document, or is eligible for an employment authorization document
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 within 30 days, provided  that  the  asylum  seeker  is  not  undergoing
 removal proceedings; and provided that the mayor of the city of New York
 shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission when the federal
 government  has  complied  with the requirements for employment authori-
 zation for asylum seekers in order that the commission may  maintain  an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of  the  state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
 of section 44 of the legislative law and  section  70-b  of  the  public
 officers law.