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Senate Bill S7401

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the housing of migrants in schoolhouses or on such grounds

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2023-S7401 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S7253

2023-S7401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the housing of migrants in schoolhouses or on such grounds in the New York City community school district system.

2023-S7401 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7401
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LANZA, STEC, BORRELLO, MARTINS, MATTERA, TEDISCO --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on New York City Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the hous-
   ing of migrants in schoolhouses or on such grounds

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. ESTABLISH A POLICY PROHIBITING SCHOOLHOUSES AND GROUNDS FROM BEING
 USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING PERMANENT OR  TEMPORARY  HOUSING  FOR
 MIGRANT POPULATIONS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 ments to section 2590-h of the education law made by section one of this
 act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of  such  section  and
 shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11605-01-3

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