Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.
Requires certain documents and forms to be provided in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient immigrants of five years or less according to the American community survey, as published by the United States census bureau.
This bill would create a state coordinator to help asylum seekers in New York access services. The governor and NYC mayor would jointly appoint the coordinator, who would work with state agencies (like health, education, and housing departments) to streamline support. The coordinator would manage key needs including housing, healthcare, education, language services, and connections to federal programs for people seeking asylum or who are refugees under federal law. The role would also advocate for federal immigration policy changes.
This bill requires New York state agencies and localities to provide language translation services for census self-reporting beyond what the U.S. Census Bureau offers, directly affecting limited English proficiency communities. It mandates the Department of State to identify and expand translation services (including all languages used in census forms), connect agencies with these services, and require public notification of availability through online posts and community outreach. State agencies must report annually on translation service usage and improvements to state leaders starting in 2028. The law takes effect April 1, 2027, ensuring accessible census participation for non-English speakers.
Establishes the community accompaniment and post-release support program in the office for new Americans to provide grants to community-based organizations that offer services to individuals released from immigration detention; defines eligible services; requires the office to establish criteria for awarding grants; requires the office to submit an annual report on the program.
This bill (A 5972) requires New York State to expand language translation services for census self-reporting beyond those offered by the U.S. Census Bureau, directly benefiting limited English proficiency speakers across the state. The Department of State must identify and connect communities with translation services in all languages used on census forms, mandate public notices about these services (via online posts and community outreach), and submit annual reports to state leaders starting in 2028. Key mechanisms include state oversight of service identification, mandatory public notification, and annual reporting for improvement planning. The bill takes effect April 1, 2027, and focuses on practical access to census participation.
This bill establishes a Coordinator of Asylum Seeker Services to oversee and integrate support for asylum seekers in New York State. The Governor and the Mayor of New York City will jointly appoint this coordinator. The coordinator will be responsible for developing a systemic response to various needs, including housing, healthcare, education, language services, and transportation. This role involves integrating efforts across specific state agencies, as well as applicable local and federal agencies, to facilitate resettlement and access to federal programs.
This bill establishes a new "military immigrant family legacy program" for immigrant families with U.S. military connections, requiring state agencies to ask individuals seeking assistance about military service history. It mandates that agencies protect this information and refer eligible individuals to veterans' services for immigration and benefit assistance. Additionally, the bill requires state agencies to create guidance for handling requests from federal immigration authorities seeking access to people or records at state-run facilities. The policy directly affects immigrant families with military ties and state agencies operating public programs, while ensuring privacy for military status information shared during assistance requests.
Establishes the immigrant in-home child care training pilot program in the office for new Americans to provide training, technical assistance, and other support to immigrants seeking to establish licensed in-home daycare services; requires the office to submit an annual report on the program; authorizes the office to accept gifts, grants, devises and bequests and to use monies made available to the program to implement the program.
Directs the department of health to contract with community-based organizations and not-for-profit corporations for the provision of outreach, information and educational services to immigrants on the availability of health care services, medical assistance, emergency medical assistance, the family health plus program and the child health insurance plan.
