The New York City Council - File #: Int 0480-2018

• File #: Int 0480-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the dept of youth and community development to create a runaway and homeless youth immigration information plan.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Youth Services
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 12/29/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of youth and community development to create a runaway and homeless youth immigration information plan
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Diana I. Ayala, Deborah L. Rose, Ben Kallos, Vanessa L. Gibson, Margaret S. Chin, Mathieu Eugene, Stephen T. Levin
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/2/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/29/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
11/28/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
11/28/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amended by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amended by Committee
11/27/2018	A	Committee on Youth Services	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Laid Over by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Laid Over by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Laid Over by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Laid Over by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 480-A

By Council Members Dromm, Ayala, Rose, Kallos, Gibson, Chin, Eugene and Levin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of youth and community development to create a runaway and homeless youth immigration information plan
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 4 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-413 to read as follows:
? 21-413 Runaway and homeless youth immigration information plan. a. Plan establishment, content, and goals.
1. Establishment. The department shall establish a plan to provide information about resources and services relating to immigration relief and benefits through runaway and homeless youth services. Such information shall include a statement that immigration relief may be available to runaway and homeless youth who have been subjected to factors including, but not limited to, the following, and subject to applicable law:
(a) Domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
(b) Trafficking or certain other crimes;
(c) Hostile conditions in one's country of origin, such as war, political unrest, or natural disaster;
(d) Persecution or a fear of persecution in one's country of origin as a result of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group including, but not limited to, identification based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or sex;
(e) Abandonment, abuse, or neglect by one or both parents of a youth; and
(f) Any other similar factor that, under applicable law, may provide the basis for immigration relief for runaway and homeless youth.
2. Plan contents. The plan established pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall include the following:
(a) Descriptions of how the department, in coordination with other agencies as designated by the mayor, shall make available...