Assembly Bill A6963

                             
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                                   6963
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   comptroller  to  examine  and  audit  appropriations and contracts for
   short-term humanitarian aid  including  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  and the city of New York have a migrant crisis and
 that as the city of New York distributes funding for the relief of  this
 migrant crisis, such funds should have oversight from the comptroller of
 the state of New York on how such funding is spent.
   §  2.  Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
   21. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW,  EXAMINE  AND
 AUDIT  ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID, INCLUDING SHORT-TERM
 SHELTER SERVICES, TO MIGRANT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES,  INCLUDING  COSTS
 ASSOCIATED  WITH  HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RELIEF CENTERS FOR
 MIGRANT INDIVIDUALS ENTERING  SHORT-TERM  SHELTERS  ON  OR  AFTER  APRIL
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND INCLUDING
 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AND/OR OTHER  BENEFITS  PROVIDED  TO  MIGRANT
 INDIVIDUALS  AND  FAMILIES.  UPON THOROUGH EXAMINATION, AUDIT, AND IDEN-
 TIFICATION OR PROPORTIONALITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS, MAKE  A  REPORT  TO  THE
 LEGISLATURE CONTAINING SAID FINDINGS PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF ITS ANNU-
 AL SESSION.
   22.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF LAW, EXAMINE AND
 AUDIT ALL CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR HUMANITARI-
 AN AID, INCLUDING SHORT-TERM SHELTER SERVICES,  TO  MIGRANT  INDIVIDUALS
 AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY
 RESPONSE  AND RELIEF CENTERS FOR MIGRANT INDIVIDUALS ENTERING SHORT-TERM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09820-02-5
              

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 SHELTERS ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO IN THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK, AND INCLUDING CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS  AND/OR
 OTHER  BENEFITS PROVIDED TO MIGRANT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. UPON THOR-
 OUGH  EXAMINATION,  AUDIT,  AND  IDENTIFICATION  OR  PROPORTIONALITY  OF
 DISTRIBUTIONS, MAKE A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE CONTAINING SAID FINDINGS
 PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF ITS ANNUAL SESSION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.