File #: Int 1412-2025    Version: * Name: Redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the DOC by federal immigration authorities.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 10/9/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the department of correction by federal immigration authorities
Sponsors: Tiffany Cabán, Shaun Abreu, Alexa Avilés, Sandy Nurse, Shahana K. Hanif, Chi A. Ossé, Christopher Marte, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Crystal Hudson, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Erik D. Bottcher, Chris Banks, Gale A. Brewer, Keith Powers , Lincoln Restler, Diana I. Ayala, Justin L. Brannan, Shekar Krishnan, Kevin C. Riley, Amanda Farías, Oswald Feliz, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Julie Won, Eric Dinowitz, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Farah N. Louis, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden
Council Member Sponsors: 27
Summary: This bill would bar federal immigration authorities from maintaining offices or quarters, for any purpose, on land over which the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) exercises jurisdiction. It would explicitly supersede any conflicting mayoral executive order or memorandum of understanding entered into by New York City. Finally, it makes amendments to several definitions in the Administrative Code to account for current immigration enforcement practices.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1412, 2. Int. No. 1412, 3. October 9, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1412

 

By Council Members Cabán, Abreu, Avilés, Nurse, Hanif, Ossé, Marte, De La Rosa, Hudson, Sanchez, Bottcher, Banks, Brewer, Powers, Restler, Ayala, Brannan, Krishnan, Riley, Farías, Feliz, Gutiérrez, Won, Dinowitz, Brooks-Powers, Louis and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the department of correction by federal immigration authorities

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision a of section 9-131 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 58 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:

4. “Federal immigration authorities” shall mean any officer[,] or employee of, or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of [United States immigration and customs enforcement or any division thereof or any other officer, employee or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the United States department of homeland security who is charged with enforcement of the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality act] or working in collaboration with, the federal government, whose duties include, in whole or in part: (i) enforcement of the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality act; (ii) enforcement of any provision of federal law, including but not limited to chapter 3 of title 50 of the United States code and section 1459 of title 19 of the United States code, that penalizes a person being found in, or a person’s presence in, failure to depart from, entry into, or reentry into, the United States; (iii) enforcement of any provision of federal law that relates to the registration, travel document, or supervision requirements contained in the immigration and nationality act; or (iv) implementation of any other provision of law used as a proxy for such enforcement.

§ 2. Subdivision d of section 9-131 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 62 for the year 2011, is amended to read as follows:

d. No conflict with existing law. This [local law] section supersedes all conflicting mayoral executive orders and memoranda of understanding entered into by the city, as well as all conflicting policies, rules, procedures, and practices of the city [of New York]. Nothing in this [local law] section shall be construed to prohibit any city agency from cooperating with federal immigration authorities when required under federal law. Nothing in this [local law] section shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any power, duty, or obligation in conflict with any federal or state law.

§ 3. Paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 9-131 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 58 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:

2. Federal immigration authorities shall not be permitted to maintain an office or quarters on land over which the department exercises jurisdiction, for [the] any purpose [of investigating possible violations of civil immigration law; provided, however, that the mayor may, by executive order, authorize federal immigration authorities to maintain an office or quarters on such land for purposes unrelated to the enforcement of civil immigration laws].

§ 4. The definition of “immigration enforcement” in subdivision a of section 10-178 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 228 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

Immigration enforcement. The term “immigration enforcement” means the enforcement of [any] the civil [provision] provisions of the immigration and nationality act [and]; enforcement of any provision of [such] federal law, including but not limited to chapter 3 of title 50 of the United States code and section 1459 of title 19 of the United States code, that penalizes a person being found in, or a person’s presence in, failure to depart from, entry into, or reentry into, the United States; enforcement of any provision of federal law that relates to the registration, travel document, or supervision requirements contained in the immigration and nationality act; and implementation of any provision of law used as a proxy for such enforcement.

§ 5. Subdivision b of section 10-178 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 228 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:

b. No agency shall subject its officers or employees to the direction and supervision of the secretary of homeland security or the head of any non-local law enforcement agency primarily in furtherance of immigration enforcement.

§ 6. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 14-154 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 59 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:

3. “Federal immigration authorities” shall mean any officer[,] or employee, or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of [United States immigration and customs enforcement or any division thereof or any other officer, employee or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the United States department of homeland security who is charged with enforcement of the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality act] or working in collaboration with, the federal government, whose duties include, in whole or in part: (i) enforcement of the civil provisions of the immigration and nationality act; (ii) enforcement of any provision of federal law, including but not limited to chapter 3 of title 50 of the United States code and section 1459 of title 19 of the United States code, that penalizes a person being found in, or a person’s presence in, failure to depart from, entry into, or reentry into, the United States; (iii) enforcement of any provision of federal law that relates to the registration, travel document, or supervision requirements contained in the immigration and nationality act; or (iv) implementation of any other provision of law used as a proxy for such enforcement.

§ 7. Subdivision d of section 14-154 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 59 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:

d. No conflict with existing law. This [local law] section supersedes all conflicting policies, rules, procedures, and practices of the city [of New York]. Nothing in this [local law] section shall be construed to prohibit any city agency from cooperating with federal immigration authorities when required under federal law. Nothing in this local law shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any power, duty, or obligation in conflict with any federal or state law.

§ 8. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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