A07566 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07566 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S07390 |
| SPONSOR | Gray |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd 355, Ed L | |
| Prohibits the use of SUNY dormitories for the purposes of providing permanent or temporary housing for migrant populations; requests the board of trustees adopt a policy stating such. | |
A07566 Actions:
| BILL NO | A07566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/25/2023 | referred to higher education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2024 | referred to higher education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A07566 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of SUNY dormitories for the purposes of providing permanent or temporary housing for migrant populations PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To prohibit the use of dormitories on campuses of the State University of New York as migrant housing sites. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 - Directs the SUNY Board of Trustees to adopt a policy that Section 2 - Provides effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The emergency at the U.S. Southern Border has left communities through- out New York in crisis. The transfer of migrants upstate has been marred by a total lack of transparency and input from local officials. The movement of migrants by state and New York City officials has strained local safety nets and overrun emergency housing centers. One proposal would see migrants housed at dormitories on campuses oper- ated by the State University of New York. The total lack of transparency throughout the city and state's response to this crisis has already strained local governments and not-for-profit shelters. The placement of migrants on public campuses would only bolster the taxpayers' expense while guaranteeing the placement of a large number of migrants throughout the state with little if any input from local offi- cials and residents. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None to State EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
A07566 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7566 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of SUNY dormitories for the purposes of providing permanent or temporary housing for migrant populations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 22 to read as follows: 3 22. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the 4 state university trustees shall adopt a policy prohibiting the use of 5 dormitories maintained and operated by a state-operated campus of the 6 state university of New York for the purposes of providing permanent or 7 temporary housing for migrant populations. Nothing in this section shall 8 be construed to restrict an enrolled student or member of a campus's 9 faculty or staff from accessing housing in dormitories maintained and 10 operated by a state-operated campus of the state university of New York. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11599-01-3