Senate Bill S6070A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a refugee resettlement program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S6070 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A69
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §358, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7430, A9520

2023-S6070 - Summary

Directs the department of social services to establish a refugee resettlement program with the goals of achieving economic and social self-sufficiency, assisting victims of human trafficking, and assuring proper foster care for unaccompanied refugees.

2023-S6070 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6070 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6070
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing that it
   is an unlawful discriminatory practice to deny a refugee  resettlement
   in certain instances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares all of the following:
   a.  Under  federal  law,  a  refugee is a person who is forced to flee
 their country of origin due to persecution, or a  well-founded  fear  of
 persecution,  based  upon  their  religion, nationality, membership in a
 particular social group, or political opinion;
   b. At the end of 2020, there  were  82.4  million  forcibly  displaced
 people in the world, 25.9 million of which were refugees. This is double
 the recorded number in 2010, and the highest it has ever been;
   c.  Recognizing  the  importance  of  refugee resettlement, the United
 States created the Refugee Act of 1980;
   d. Since 1980, the United  States  Refugee  Resettlement  program  has
 saved  more  than  3.6  million  refugees, and resettled them across the
 country;
   e. New York was one of the top four states in the  country  resettling
 the most refugees in 2020;
   f.  On  September 19, 2016, the United  Nations General Assembly unan-
 imously adopted the New York  Declaration  for  Refugees  and  Migrants,
 which  reaffirms  the importance of the international refugee regime and
 contains a wide range of commitments to  strengthen  and  enhance  mech-
 anisms to protect these individuals;
   g.  Research from reputable sources including the Fiscal Policy Insti-
 tute, Urban Institute, Pew Research Center,  and  New  American  Economy
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01786-01-3
              

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2023-S6070A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A69
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §358, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7430, A9520

2023-S6070A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of social services to establish a refugee resettlement program with the goals of achieving economic and social self-sufficiency, assisting victims of human trafficking, and assuring proper foster care for unaccompanied refugees.

2023-S6070A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6070A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6070--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and
   Government Operations in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social  services  law,  in  relation  to  a  refugee
   resettlement program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares the following:
   a.  Under  federal  law 8 U.S.C. §1101 (a) (42), a refugee is a person
 who is forced to flee their country of origin or last habitation due  to
 persecution,  or  a  well-founded  fear of persecution, based upon their
 race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or
 political opinion;
   b. At the end of 2022, there were  108.4  million  forcibly  displaced
 people  in  the world, 35.3 million of which were refugees. This is more
 than double the recorded number in 2010, and the  highest  it  has  ever
 been;
   c.  Around two-thirds of refugees live in poverty, and many are unable
 to return to their home countries due to the lack of imminent  solutions
 to conflicts, recurrent violence, and political instability;
   d.  Less  than  1 percent of refugees will ever be resettled to a safe
 third country, enabling them  to  rebuild  their  lives  in  safety  and
 contribute to the cultural and economic fabric of a new home nation;
   e.  Recognizing  the  importance  of  refugee resettlement, the United
 States created the Refugee Act of 1980;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01786-02-4
 S. 6070--A                          2
 
              

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