A 2243: Establishes a coordinator for asylum seeker services to oversee the integration of services and benefits available to asylum seekers.
The proposed law aims to establish a coordinator for asylum seeker services in New York State. This coordinator will oversee the integration of services and benefits available to asylum seekers living or arriving in the state. The coordinator will work with various state agencies, including the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Departments of Education and Health, and the Office of Children and Family Services. The coordinator's responsibilities will include addressing the needs of asylum seekers, such as intake, resettlement, support services, healthcare, housing, education, language services, transportation, and accessing federal programs. They will also advocate for federal legislation and policies related to immigration. The law defines an "asylum seeker" as an individual who applies for asylum under US code or is eligible to apply, or who is a refugee as defined by the…
- What is the current status of A 2243?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2243 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 2243 pass?
- Not yet. A 2243 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2243, and where is it now?
- A 2243 was authored by Asm. Jenifer Rajkumar with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2243 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, RAGA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a coordi- nator for asylum seeker services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 4-c 2 to read as follows: 3 § 4-c. Coordinator of asylum seeker services. 1. The governor and the 4 mayor of the city of New York shall jointly appoint a coordinator of 5 asylum seeker services. The coordinator shall oversee the integration of 6 services and benefits available to asylum seekers who are currently 7 living or arriving in New York state with the following state agencies: 8 the office of temporary and disability assistance; the departments of 9 state, education and health; the office of children and family services; 10 the division of homeland security and emergency services; as well as 11 applicable local and federal agencies. 12 2. The coordinator shall be responsible for a systemic response to the 13 various needs of asylum seekers including, but not limited to, intake, 14 resettlement across the state, support services, health care, housing, 15 education, language services, transportation, accessing federal programs 16 and services, and advocating for federal legislation and policies 17 related to immigration. 18 3. For the purposes of this section "asylum seeker" shall refer to an 19 individual who changes their country of usual residence to seek tempo- 20 rary or permanent residence in another country, and who has applied for 21 asylum under 8 U.S. Code § 1158 or is eligible to apply; or who is a 22 refugee as defined by section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nation- 23 ality Act (INA). 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04088-01-5