Int. No. 935
By Council Members Won, Brewer, Hanif, Rivera, Gennaro and Cabán
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the collection of data regarding the destinations of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems, and to repeal such amendments upon the expiration thereof
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-334 to read as follows:
§ 21-334 a. Definition. As used in this chapter, the following term has the following meaning:
Re-ticketing center. The term “re-ticketing center” means a location run by the New York city emergency management department where migrants can be processed into a new shelter after their stay in another one runs out or obtain a ticket to a destination outside of the city of New York.
b. Collection of data regarding the destinations of migrants. No later than September 30, 2024, the commissioner of the New York city department of social services or another commissioner designated by the mayor, in consultation with the New York city emergency management department, the New York city department of housing preservation and development, the New York city health and hospitals corporation, the New York city department of citywide administrative services, the New York city office of technology and innovation, and any other city agency or mayoral office involved in providing direct services to newly arrived migrants, shall develop a survey of individuals exiting the shelter and migrant re-ticketing systems. The survey shall be voluntary and shall elicit information related to the immediate destinations of individuals exiting locations offering shelter services, including within the shelter system for migrants, and re-ticketing services for migrants.
c. No later than September 30, 2024, the commissioner of the New York city department of social services or another commissioner designated by the mayor under subdivision b shall provide to case managers and onsite staff such survey for administration to individuals seeking assistance in locations including, but not limited to, humanitarian emergency response and relief centers, emergency shelters, respite centers, asylum seeker resource navigation centers, and re-ticketing centers. Such survey shall be administered in the best language of the individual taking the survey. The results of the surveys shall be provided to the commissioner of the New York city department of social services or another commissioner designated by the mayor under subdivision b on a weekly basis.
d. Upon request from the New York city department of education, the commissioner of the New York city department of social services or another commissioner designated by the mayor under subdivision b shall provide to the New York city department of education any available information regarding the immediate destination of an individual student who departed the shelter system or the re-ticketing system for migrants in accordance with section 23-1202 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
e. No later than June 30, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner of the New York city department of social services or another commissioner designated by the mayor under subdivision b shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and shall post conspicuously on its website a report regarding the results of the survey described in subdivision b. The report shall set forth the aggregated information captured in the results of the survey described in subdivision b of this section and include a data dictionary. No report required by this section shall contain personally identifiable information.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law, and remains in effect until the latest of (1) the expiration of the state of emergency relating to the asylum seeker and migrant crisis declared in 2023 by the mayor, including any extensions thereof, (2) the expiration of the state of emergency relating to the asylum seeker and migrant crisis declared by the governor, including any extensions thereof, or (3) June 30, 2029, when it is deemed repealed.
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LS #14838/16357
5/11/2024 1:15 AM