New York A 1723: Reduces the amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission from one percent to one-third of one percent

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A01723 Summary:

BILL NOA01723 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00632

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSROtis, Cruz, Rozic, Reyes, Ramos, Lavine, Simone

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §97-a, Gen Muni L

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Relates to the oversight of immigration detention facilities; prohibits municipalities from using funds or resources for the construction of any new detention facility or the expansion of any existing detention facility without approval by the legislature; establishes a committee on immigration detention oversight.

Go to top A01723 Actions:

BILL NOA01723 

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01/14/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1723

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, OTIS, CRUZ, ROZIC, REYES, RAMOS, LAVINE
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to oversight of
 immigration detention facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 97-a to read as follows:
 3 § 97-a. Immigration detention facilities within municipalities. 1. (a)
 4 No municipality shall permit municipal funds or resources to be utilized
 5 for the construction of any new detention facilities or the expansion of
 6 existing detention facilities to house immigrant, migrant, refugee or
 7 asylum-seeking populations within its borders, unless such construction
 8 or expansion has been approved by the legislature as provided in para-
 9 graph (b) of this subdivision.
 10 (b) A municipality shall obtain legislative approval prior to engaging
 11 in any of the following:
 12 (i) seeking funds for the construction or support of immigration
 13 detention facilities, including, but not limited to, applying for a
 14 grant, or soliciting or accepting state or federal funds or in-kind or
 15 other donations;
 16 (ii) engaging in any plans to share resources and coordinate detention
 17 activities with the United States bureau of immigration and customs
 18 enforcement or other immigration officials such as using available beds
 19 in local city jails for detention use; or
 20 (iii) constructing any new detention facilities within such munici-
 21 pality's jurisdiction.
 22 (c) For purposes of this section the term "municipality" means any
 23 county, city, town, or village.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02445-01-5

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 1 2. (a) No municipality shall utilize municipal land or buildings or
 2 other resources toward the construction of any new federal or private
 3 detention facilities within its jurisdiction.
 4 (b) Any municipality that does not have a contract with the federal
 5 government or any federal agency or a private corporation to house or
 6 detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody, shall not
 7 enter into a contract with the federal government or any federal agency
 8 or a private corporation to house or detain in a locked detention facil-
 9 ity noncitizens.
 10 (c) Any municipality that has an existing contract with the federal
 11 government or any federal agency or a private corporation to detain
 12 noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration custody, shall not, on and
 13 after the effective date of this section, renew or modify such contract
 14 to expand the maximum number of contract beds to house or detain in a
 15 locked detention facility noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration
 16 custody.
 17 (d) A municipality shall not approve or sign a deed, instrument, or
 18 other document related to a use or transfer of land or property, or
 19 issue a permit for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any
 20 private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain nonciti-
 21 zens for purposes of civil immigration proceedings unless such munici-
 22 pality has obtained legislative approval.
 23 3. (a) A co