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NY A01723
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Prohibits municipalities (counties, cities, towns, villages) from using municipal funds or resources to construct new immigration detention facilities or expand existing ones without prior state legislative approval
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Bars municipalities from entering new contracts with the federal government or private corporations to house noncitizens in locked detention facilities for civil immigration custody
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Prevents municipalities with existing federal detention contracts from renewing or modifying those contracts to expand the maximum number of detention beds
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Requires legislative approval before municipalities can seek funding, apply for grants, accept federal funds, coordinate with ICE, or approve land transfers related to immigration detention facilities
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Establishes a six-member Committee on Immigration Detention Oversight, with appointees from the governor, attorney general, comptroller, secretary of state, senate president, and assembly speaker, to conduct annual reviews of existing detention facilities and ensure compliance with federal standards
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to local governments
1/7/2026