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Requiring a notice on advertisements of immigration assistance services and increasing penalties for violations of requirements that apply to immigration assistance services.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Immigrationintroduced 2024-06-20Local Law 2025/101
Enacted as Local Law 2025/101.
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Agenda: 2024-06-20Passed: 2025-07-30Enacted: 2025-07-30
Summary
This bill would increase civil penalties for immigration assistance service providers that do not comply with applicable requirements, such as the requirement to execute a written contract with customers, the requirement to include specific language in signage and advertisements, the requirement to retain documents, and the requirement to maintain a surety. The civil penalties would be at least $5,000 and no more than $10,000 for a first violation, and for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $10,000 and no more than $15,000, except that, for violations related to prohibited conduct and guaranteeing any particular governmental action on advertisements, the civil penalties would be at least $7,500 and no more than $10,000 for the first violation and, for each succeeding violation, the penalty would be at least $18,000 and no more than $20,000. The bill would also clarify that immigration assistance service providers who advertise services via images, as well as by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, and any other means, must post or include with the advertisement a legally required notice of the services they are not authorized to provide.
Committee on Immigration — Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and other matters affecting immigration.
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Sponsors (21)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-06-20 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-06-20 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-04-15 · Committee on Immigration
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-04-15 · Committee on Immigration
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-04-15 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-04-15 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-06-30 · Committee on Immigration
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-06-30 · Committee on Immigration
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-06-30 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-06-30 · Committee on Immigration
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-06-30 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-06-30 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-07-30 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-07-31 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (5)
Alexa AvilésGale A. BrewerShahana K. HanifCarmen N. De La RosaRita C. Joseph
Absent (2)
Erik D. BottcherShekar Krishnan
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2025-06-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2025-06-30 · 9:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Immigration · 2025-04-15 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2025-04-15 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-06-20 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (22)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 20-777.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 63 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
a. Every provider who advertises immigration assistance services by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, images or any other means shall post or otherwise include with the advertisement a notice in English and in the language in which the advertisement appears. The notice must be of a conspicuous size and must state: "The individual offering to provide immigration assistance services is not an attorney licensed to practice law or accredited by the United States department of justice to provide representation before the United States citizenship and immigration services, the executive office for immigration review, the department of homeland security, the department of justice, the department of labor, the department of state or any immigration authorities and may not give legal advice or accept fees for legal advice."
� 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 20-779.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(2) Civil Penalties. Any provider of immigration assistance services who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than [five hundred dollars] $5,000 nor more than [five thousand dollars] $10,000 for the first violation and for each succeeding violation a civil penalty of not less than [one thousand dollars] $10,000 nor more than [ten thousand dollars] $15,000, except that any provider of immigration assistance services who violates section 20-776 or subdivision b of 20-777.2 of this subchapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $7,500 nor more than $10,000 for the first violation and for each succeeding violation a civil penalty of not less than $18,000 nor more than $20,000.
� 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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