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

• File #: Int 0480-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Review strategies and create a plan of action to protect children who qualify for special immigrant juvenile status.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Youth Services
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• 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 review strategies and create a plan of action to protect children who qualify for special immigrant juvenile status
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Diana Ayala , Deborah L. Rose
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
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 Youth Services	Laid Over 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	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 480

By Council Members Dromm, Ayala and Rose

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 review strategies and create a plan of action to protect children who qualify for special immigrant juvenile status
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 21-401 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions f, g, and h to read as follows:
f. "Homeless youth" shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision two of section 532-a of the executive law.
g. "Runaway and homeless youth providers" shall mean department-administered crisis shelters and department-administered transitional independent living facilities.
h. "Runaway youth" shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision one of section 532-a of the executive law.
?2. Chapter four of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-404 to read as follows:
? 21-404 Special immigrant juvenile status plan. a. The department shall designate one or more individuals to be responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive plan to provide services to runaway and homeless youth in contact with runaway and homeless youth providers who may be deemed eligible for special immigrant juvenile status or other immigration benefits. Such plan shall, at a minimum, describe how the department and the runaway and homeless youth providers will achieve the following goals: 1. identify the country of birth, to the extent practicable, of runaway and homeless youth in contact with the runaway and homeless youth providers; 2. identify such runaway and homeless youth, as early as possible, who may qualify for special immigrant juvenile status or other immigration benefits; 3. track such runaway and homeless youth, to the extent practicable and consistent with confidentiality ...