NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6170

Senate Bill S6170

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes requirements for resettling, transporting or relocating certain migrants to other municipalities

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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2025-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3532
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §99-aa, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S7616, A7936

2025-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes consultation and reporting requirements for municipal corporations resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to another municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered, or funded by the federal government, the secretary of health and human services in the case of minors, the secretary of homeland security in the case of adults, or any municipal corporation within the state or agents thereof.

2025-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6170

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
requirements for resettling, transporting or relocating certain migrants
to other municipalities

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will require advanced consultation and notification of the
chief executive officer of the directly affected municipality, as well
as the Governor of New York State, regarding the proposed resettlement,
transportation, or relocation of non-detained migrants.  This also will
require transparency and monthly detailed reports from the municipality
which is funding or directing the relocation of non-detained migrants.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 99-aa is added to the general municipal law. This section adds
requirements for resettling, transporting or relocating certain migrants

to other municipalities.

Subsection 1 of section 99-aa requires that any municipal corporation
resettling, transporting or relocating non-detained migrants to another
municipal corporation within the state, which is directed, administered,
or funded by the federal government, the secretary of health and human
services in the case of minors, the secretary of homeland security in
the case of adults, or any municipal corporation within the state or
agents thereof, shall not later than thirty days before such resettle-
ment, transportation, or relocation consult with both the governor and
the chief executive officer of the directly affected municipal corpo-
ration regarding the proposed resettlement, transportation or relo-
cation.

Subsection 2 of section 99-aa requires the chief executive officer of
the municipal corporation funding or directing the relocation of non-de-
tained migrants to provide monthly reports starting seven days after the
effective date of this section. Each report shall contain:  the total
number of migrants resettled, transported or relocated during the previ-
ous month and the current calendar year, disaggregated by the number of
single adults, members of family units, and minors; age; sex; country of
origin; the types of security screenings performed with respect to such
migrants; the methods used to determine the ages of migrants; the meth-
ods used to verify the familial status of such migrants; the types of
settings in which migrants are being resettled; summary of educational
or occupational resources or assistance provided to such migrants;
whether such migrants are granted permits to work; the total amount the
municipal corporation has spent on migrant resettlement.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York City has, without advanced notification or consultation, sent
buses of non-detained migrants to resettle in hotels in communities
throughout the entire state. Unfortunately, this has caused a burden in
resources in many communities and has also caused the displacement of
poor and indigent individuals who were residing in certain hotels and
already struggling with poverty - some who had been receiving assistance
from County Departments of Social Services. Additionally, police
resources, educational resources and emergency services resources are
strained, and fiscal stress is caused to municipalities when one munici-
pality can send hundreds of individuals to be housed in another communi-
ty with zero notification or consultation. To make matters worse, the
City of New York and the company that it has contracted with, DocGo, is
unwilling to provide any information to the affected municipalities
where it is sending non-detained migrants. This bill will require
advanced notification between municipalities, as well as monthly report-
ing requirements to the affected municipality and the State of New York.
These new requirements will make sure that municipalities and their
citizens are informed in advance of migrants being sent from another
municipality, and that they will receive detailed reports regarding the
total number of migrants being transported from the original munici-
pality, and demographic details about the individuals being transported,
resources provided to the individuals, as well as details about the
processes for screening these individuals.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24 - S.7616- Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Negligible impact on the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2025-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6170
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  establishing
   requirements   for  resettling,  transporting  or  relocating  certain
   migrants to other municipalities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 99-aa to read as follows:
   § 99-AA.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  RESETTLING,  TRANSPORTING  OR  RELOCATING
 CERTAIN  MIGRANTS  TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. 1. ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
 RESETTLING, TRANSPORTING OR RELOCATING NON-DETAINED MIGRANTS TO  ANOTHER
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE, WHICH IS DIRECTED, ADMINISTERED,
 OR  FUNDED  BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
 SERVICES IN THE CASE OF MINORS, THE SECRETARY OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY  IN
 THE  CASE  OF  ADULTS,  OR ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE OR
 AGENTS THEREOF, SHALL NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE  SUCH  RESETTLE-
 MENT,  TRANSPORTATION,  OR RELOCATION CONSULT WITH BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND
 THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE DIRECTLY  AFFECTED  MUNICIPAL  CORPO-
 RATION  REGARDING  THE  PROPOSED  RESETTLEMENT,  TRANSPORTATION OR RELO-
 CATION.
   2. (A) NOT LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  MONTHLY  THEREAFTER,  THE  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT IS FUNDING OR  DIRECTING  THE  RELOCATION  OF
 NON-DETAINED  MIGRANTS  SHALL MAKE A STATE-SPECIFIC REPORT REGARDING THE
 RESETTLEMENT, TRANSPORTATION OR RELOCATION OF SUCH NON-DETAINED MIGRANTS
 IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTH THAT WAS DIRECTED, ADMIN-
 ISTERED, OR FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  OR  THE  MUNICIPAL  CORPO-
 RATION  OR  THAT INVOLVED NONCITIZENS SUBJECT TO THE UNITED STATES IMMI-
 GRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT'S  ALTERNATIVES  TO  DETENTION  PROGRAM.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06676-01-5

 S. 6170                             2
 
 SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
 OFFICER OF EVERY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN THE  STATE  THAT  MIGRANTS
 ARE  BEING TRANSPORTED TO. ADDITIONALLY SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
 ABLE  ON  A  PUBLICLY  ACCESSIBLE  GOVERNMENT  WEBSITE FOR THE MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION MAKING THE REPORT.
   (B) EACH REPORT SHALL CONTAIN:
   (I) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MIGRANTS RESETTLED, TRANSPORTED  OR  RELOCATED
 DURING  THE  PREVIOUS MONTH AND THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, DISAGGREGATED
 BY:
   (A) THE NUMBERS OF SINGLE ADULTS, MEMBERS OF FAMILY UNITS, AND MINORS;
   (B) AGE;
   (C) SEX; AND
   (D) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN;
   (II) THE METHODS USED TO DETERMINE THE AGES OF SUCH MIGRANTS;
   (III) THE METHODS USED TO VERIFY THE FAMILIAL STATUS OF SUCH MIGRANTS;
   (IV) THE TYPES OF SETTINGS IN WHICH SUCH MIGRANTS ARE BEING RESETTLED,
 TRANSPORTED OR RELOCATED, WHICH MAY BE AGGREGATED BY THE GENERAL TYPE OF
 SETTING;
   (V) SUMMARY OF THE EDUCATIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL RESOURCES OR ASSISTANCE
 PROVIDED TO SUCH MIGRANTS;
   (VI) WHETHER SUCH MIGRANTS ARE GRANTED PERMITS TO  WORK  AND  HOW  ANY
 SUCH MIGRANTS WITHOUT A WORK PERMIT WILL FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEMSELVES;
   (VII) THE TOTAL AMOUNTS THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION HAS SPENT ON MIGRANT
 RESETTLEMENT, TRANSPORTATION OR RELOCATION;
   (VIII)  WHETHER THE MIGRANTS ARE BEING RESETTLED, TRANSPORTED OR RELO-
 CATED ON A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BASIS, DISAGGREGATED BY:
   (A) THE NUMBERS OF SINGLE ADULTS, MEMBERS OF FAMILY UNITS, AND MINORS;
   (B) AGE;
   (C) SEX; AND
   (D) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; AND
   (IX) THE TYPES OF SECURITY SCREENINGS PERFORMED WITH RESPECT  TO  SUCH
 MIGRANTS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Joseph A. Griffo