File #: Int 0261-2026    Version: * Name: Prohibiting the city of New York from contracting with entities engaged in immigration enforcement.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the city of New York from contracting with entities engaged in immigration enforcement
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Shaun Abreu, Christopher Marte, Crystal Hudson, Shahana K. Hanif, Justin E. Sanchez, Harvey D. Epstein
Council Member Sponsors: 8
Summary: This bill would prohibit New York City from entering into contracts with entities that engage in immigration enforcement and penalize a person’s presence in, entry into, or reentry into the United States, where the City would be providing goods or services to such agencies in return for payment. The bill would also apply to current contracts.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 261, 2. Int. No. 261, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26, 5. Committee Report 3/9/26

Int. No. 261

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Abreu, Marte, Hudson, Hanif, J. Sanchez and Epstein

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the city of New York from contracting with entities engaged in immigration enforcement

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-122 to read as follows:

§ 6-122 Contracts with entities engaged in immigration enforcement prohibited. a. The city shall not provide any good to, or perform any service for, an entity engaged in immigration enforcement, as defined in subdivision a of section 10-178, in return for any monetary or in-kind payment.

b. This section applies to all contracts in effect on or after the effective date of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

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