Res 0608-2018
Authorizing the Speaker to submit a public comment on behalf of the Council to the Federal Register, concerning the proposed change to the Public Charge rule.
ResolutionAdoptedCommittee on Immigrationintroduced 2018-11-14
Adopted by the full Council.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2018-11-14Passed: 2018-11-28
Committee on Immigration — Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and other matters affecting immigration.
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Sponsors (13)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-11-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-11-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on Immigration
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on Immigration
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-11-15 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-11-27 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2018-11-27 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved, by Council
2018-11-28 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (6)
Carlos MenchacaMathieu EugeneMark Gjonaj Robert F. HoldenI. Daneek MillerKalman Yeger
Absent (1)
Daniel Dromm
Heard at (6)
City Council · 2018-11-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2018-11-27 · 12:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Health · 2018-11-15 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2018-11-15 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2018-11-15 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2018-11-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (12)
- Res. No. 608
- November 14, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-14-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 14, 2018
- Committee Report 11/15/18
- Hearing Testimony 11/15/18
- Hearing Transcript 11/15/18
- Committee Report 11/27/18
- Hearing Transcript 11/27/18
- November 28, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-28-18
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 28, 2018
Full text
By the Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Ayala, Yeger, Rosenthal, Rivera, Menchaca, Kallos, Gibson, Miller, Eugene, Chin, Constantinides and Levin
Whereas, New York City is home to more than three million immigrants; and
Whereas, Approximately 38 percent of New Yorkers are immigrants who make up 45 percent of the city's workforce; and
Whereas, New York City has, and will continue to be, a city that embraces diversity and promotes equality and respect for all of its inhabitants; and
Whereas, On October 10, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security issued a new proposed rule that would fundamentally shift the current legal interpretation of "public charge" determinations in certain immigration filings; and
Whereas, The new proposed rule expands the number and types of benefits that are counted against immigrant applicants for visas and green cards; and
Whereas, The new proposed rule also changes the way in which the totality of an immigrant's circumstances are weighted in a visa or green card application; and
Whereas, The rule will create a system of preference for the wealthy, needlessly and cruelly discriminating against the poor, the sick, the elderly and the very young; and
Whereas, Approximately 1 in 6 immigrant New Yorkers are likely to face adverse consequences from this rule change; and
Whereas, The City of New York is proud of its immigrant residents, and will make every effort to extend a viable social safety net to immigrant New Yorkers; and
Whereas, The proposed rule is open to public comment between October 10, 2018 and December 10, 2018; and
Whereas, The City Council will continue to contest the proposed public charge rule change by submitting a public comment detailing the ways in which this rule change will be detrimental to our city, state and nation; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York authorizes the Speaker to submit a public comment on behalf of the Council to the Federal Register, concerning the proposed change to the Public Charge rule.
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11/4/2018