← All billsInt 0084-2024
Workforce survey of migrants, including recent arrivals and asylum seekers, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Immigrationintroduced 2024-02-08Local Law 2024/073
Enacted as Local Law 2024/073.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2024-07-06Enacted: 2024-07-06
Summary
This bill would require a mayoral office or agency to be designated by the mayor, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to develop a survey of newly arrived migrants, including those who have arrived recently and those who seek asylum, to elicit information related to skills, economic opportunities, and workforce development obstacles faced by migrants. The bill would require the designated mayoral office or agency to conduct the survey annually in multiple languages in locations serving migrants. The bill would require the designated mayoral office or agency to submit an annual report to the Council reporting on the survey results and recommending policies and investments to support the economic wellbeing and success of migrants residing in New York City.
Committee on Immigration — Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and other matters affecting immigration.
How it compares
40% of similar bills passed
20 passed · 30 died
This bill: 118 days in committee
Similar bills: median 244 days · 132 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Immigration.
Ranked by how closely each matches this bill's topic — closest first:
+ 44 more comparable bills
Sponsors (17)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-04-16 · Committee on Immigration
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-04-16 · Committee on Immigration
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-04-16 · Committee on Hospitals
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-04-16 · Committee on Hospitals
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-06-06 · Committee on Immigration
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2024-06-06 · Committee on Immigration
ActionAmended by Committee
2024-06-06 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2024-06-06 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved by Council
2024-06-06 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2024-06-06 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-07-06 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-07-08 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (7)
Rita C. JosephErik D. BottcherAlexa AvilésGale A. BrewerCarmen N. De La RosaShahana K. HanifShekar Krishnan
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2024-06-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2024-06-06 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Hospitals · 2024-04-16 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2024-04-16 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 3-122 to read as follows:
� 3-122 a. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Designated citywide languages. The term "designated citywide languages" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1101 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
Temporary languages. The term "temporary languages" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-1105 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
b. Anonymous survey of migrants. No later than October 31, 2024, a mayoral office or agency to be designated by the mayor shall, in coordination with the mayor's office of immigrant affairs, develop a workforce development survey of migrants, including specifically those who have arrived recently and those who seek asylum. The survey shall be anonymous and shall elicit information related to, but not limited to, skills, economic opportunities, and workforce development obstacles faced by migrants.
c. No later than November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the office or agency designated by the mayor under subdivision b of this section shall provide to case managers and onsite staff such survey so they may provide it to migrants seeking assistance in City-operated locations including, but not limited to, humanitarian emergency response and relief centers, emergency shelters, respite centers, and asylum seeker resource navigation centers. Such survey shall be offered in English, the designated citywide languages, and temporary languages. The results of the survey shall be provided to the commissioner of the office or agency designated by the mayor upon completion no later than May 31, 2025.
d. No later than September 30, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner of the office or agency designated by the mayor under subdivision b of this section shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and shall post conspicuously on its website a report regarding, but not limited to, skills, economic opportunities, and workforce development obstacles faced by the migrants surveyed pursuant to subdivision c of this section. The report shall set forth the aggregated information captured in the results of the survey described in subdivision b of this section, recommend policies and investments to support the economic wellbeing and success of migrants, including specifically those who have arrived recently and those who seek asylum, and include a data dictionary.
� 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law, and expires and is deemed repealed on the later of: (1) December 30, 2029; (2) the expiration of the state of emergency relating to the arrival of asylum seekers declared pursuant to emergency executive order number 224, dated October 7, 2022, as subsequently amended and extended; or (3) the expiration of the state disaster emergency relating to the arrival of asylum seekers and migrants declared by the governor in executive order number 28, dated May 9, 2023, as subsequently amended and extended.
NCC
LS #14602
5/29/24 6:00pm
2
2