Assembly Bill A1759

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A1759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S836
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8008, S7615

2025-A1759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

2025-A1759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1759
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, WOERNER, SAYEGH, BLUMENCRANZ -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation to prohibiting the relocation of migrants from one
   municipality to another municipality unless  and  until  a  resolution
   authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of
   both the receiving municipality where the migrants are to be relocated
   and the county in which the receiving municipality is located
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and referred to as the
 "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act".
   § 2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, rule or regulation to  the
 contrary, no municipality shall relocate migrants from such municipality
 for  the  purpose  of  permanent or temporary housing to another munici-
 pality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing  the  relo-
 cation  has  been  adopted by the governing bodies of both the receiving
 municipality and the county  in  which  the  receiving  municipality  is
 located.  Prior  to  the actual physical relocation of the migrants, the
 relocating municipality shall  provide  at  least  thirty  days  written
 notice to the receiving municipality of the impending relocation of such
 individuals.
   § 3. As used in this act:
   (i)  "municipality"  means a city, town, village or hamlet in New York
 state;
   (ii) "receiving municipality" means  the  municipality  to  which  the
 migrants are to be transported; and
   (iii)  "relocating  municipality"  means the municipality in which the
 migrants are currently housed and from which  the  migrants  are  to  be
 relocated.
   §  4. A violation of the provisions of this act shall be punishable by
 a fine in the amount of $1,000 per migrant,  per  day,  payable  to  the
 comptroller of the state of New York.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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