New York A 176: Provides eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

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A00176 Summary:

BILL NOA00176A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09491

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSRSimon, Seawright, Mitaynes, Jackson, Forrest, De Los Santos, Hevesi, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §170-k, Exec L; add §99-h-1, Gen Muni L; add Art 9 Title 13 §2988, Pub Auth L

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Allows for state agencies, municipalities, and authorities to provide state or local public benefits regardless of immigration status.

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BILL NOA00176A

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01/08/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

02/02/2026amend and recommit to social services

02/02/2026print number 176a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 176--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, MITAYNES, JACKSON,
 FORREST, DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general municipal law, and the
 public authorities law, in relation to providing eligibility for state
 or local public benefits regardless of immigration status

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-k
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 170-k. Eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of
 4 immigration status. A state agency may, at its discretion, provide state
 5 or local public benefits, as defined by the federal personal responsi-
 6 bility and work opportunity reconciliation act 8 U.S.C. 1621 or any
 7 successor provision, to persons who, but for such federal law restrict-
 8 ing eligibility for such benefits based on immigration status, would be
 9 otherwise eligible for such benefits from such agency. For the purposes
 10 of this section, a "state agency" shall mean any department, bureau,
 11 commission, board, division, office, or agency of the state.
 12 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section
 13 99-h-1 to read as follows:
 14 § 99-h-1. Eligibility for state or local benefits regardless of immi-
 15 gration status. A municipal corporation may, at its discretion, provide
 16 state or local public benefits, as defined by the federal personal
 17 responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act 8 U.S.C. 1621 or
 18 any successor provision, to persons who, but for such federal law
 19 restricting eligibility for such benefits based on immigration status,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00165-02-6

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 1 would be otherwise eligible for such benefits from such municipal corpo-
 2 ration. For purposes of this section, a "municipal corporation" shall
 3 mean a county, city, town, village, school district, or board of cooper-
 4 ative educational services of this state or a board of higher education
 5 in a city having a population of one million or more.
 6 § 3. Article 9 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 7 new title 13 to read as follows:
 8 TITLE 13
 9 STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS
 10 Section 2988. Eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless
 11 of immigration status.
 12 § 2988. Eligibility for state or local public benefits regardless of
 13 immigration status. A state authority or local authority may, at its
 14 discretion, provide state or local public benefits, as defined by the
 15 federal personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act
 16 8 U.S.C. 1621 or any successor provision, to persons who, but for such
 17 federal law restricting eligibility for such benefits based on immi-
 18 gration status, would be otherwise eligible for such benefits from such
 19 state or local authority.
 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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