Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all state or federal funds appropriated or received for the humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response and relief centers for individuals entering short term shelter on or after April 1, 2024 in New York city or any other municipality in New York state.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2505
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RA, BARCLAY, ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, JENSEN, SLATER,
BENDETT, GRAY, E. BROWN, NOVAKHOV, GANDOLFO, MORINELLO, LEMONDES,
TAGUE, HAWLEY, GALLAHAN, DURSO, BRABENEC, MIKULIN, McDONOUGH, TANNOUS-
IS, PALMESANO, BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the distribution
of appropriations for humanitarian aid including short term shelter
services to migrant individuals and families
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the
state of New York has a migrant crisis and that as the state distributes
state or federal funding for the relief of this migrant crisis, such
spending must be done in a transparent manner with the legislature and
oversight from the comptroller.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule and regulation
to the contrary, any state or federal funds used for humanitarian aid
including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and fami-
lies, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response
and relief centers for individuals entering short term shelter on or
after April 1, 2024 in New York city or any other municipality in New
York state shall have the governor report to the temporary president of
the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the chair of the senate
finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
every thirty days an accounting of all money distributed in relation to
any appropriation.
§ 3. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 21 to read as follows:
21. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, EXAMINE AND
AUDIT ALL STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR RECEIVED FOR THE HUMA-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05751-01-5
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