New York S 141: Directs public service commission to require electric and steam corporations to provide rate reductions or refunds for inadequate or interrupted service

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S00141 Summary:

BILL NOS00141 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00270

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES,
 HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA,
 SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §94-e, Exec L

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Establishes the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings; provides for the administration thereof.

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BILL NOS00141 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 141

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the right
 to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and providing for
 the administration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the access to
 2 representation act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-e to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 94-e. Right to counsel in immigration court proceedings. 1. Defi-
 6 nitions. As used in this section:
 7 (a) "Administrator" means the director of the New York state office
 8 for new Americans.
 9 (b) "Covered individual" means any income-eligible individual in
 10 detention in New York, transferred from detention in New York to immi-
 11 gration detention in another state, or who is subject to removal or
 12 inspection pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1229a or 8 U.S.C. § 1225 and their
 13 implementing regulations, or subject to a final order of removal under 8
 14 C.F.R. § 1241.1, regardless of age, in a covered proceeding who is:
 15 (i) a New York state domiciliary who is a non-United States citizen;
 16 (ii) a New York state domiciliary who is a United States citizen or
 17 whose United States citizenship is in dispute; or
 18 (iii) any individual whose proceedings have a significant nexus to New
 19 York state such that they should be provided relief under this statute.
 20 Significant nexus shall be established in the following circumstances:
 21 if an individual is in detention or incarcerated in the state of New
 22 York, if an individual is transferred by federal immigration authorities
 23 from New York to immigration detention in another state, if an individ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00166-01-5

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 1 ual has an immigration case in a tribunal located in the state of New
 2 York, if an individual is a New York domiciliary and detained by federal
 3 immigration authorities anywhere in the United States, if an individual
 4 had an immigration case located in a tribunal in New York before being
 5 transferred by immigration authorities from detention in New Jersey to
 6 immigration detention in another state or, as determined by the adminis-
 7 trator or designee of the administrator.
 8 (c) "Covered proceeding" means any proceeding in a covered venue in
 9 which a covered individual is seeking an avenue of relief from removal
 10 from the United States, or is challenging their arrest or detention
 11 under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), as amended, and its
 12 implementing regulations. A covered proceeding includes, if applicable,
 13 a proceeding or hearing in immigration court; a proceeding before the
 14 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; a proceeding in a
 15 tribunal located in New York for purposes of obtaining any order neces-
 16 sary for or relevant to immigration relief; a habeas corpus or other
 17 relevant petition to a federal district court challenging detention
 18 under the INA; motions to reopen or reconsider under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a);
 19 a petition for review under 8 U.S.C. §