Bill Text: NY A08037 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8037

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to permitting persons who have filed for asylum to work in New York State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to labor [A08037 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08037-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8037

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                   September 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to permitting persons who
          have filed for asylum to work in New York state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 22 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    § 22. Employment of asylum seekers. The commissioner is authorized and
     4  directed  to promulgate rules and regulations to permit a person who has
     5  applied for asylum pursuant to the Immigration and  Nationality  Act  (8
     6  U.S.C. 1158) to be eligible to work in New York state.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13204-01-3