A 6963: Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all contracts and funds appropriated for humanitarian aid, including short term shelter services, for migrants entering short term shelters on or after April 1, 2022 in New York city.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6963 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to directing the comptroller to examine and audit appropriations and contracts for short-term humanitarian aid including shelter services to migrant individuals and families The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the 2 state of New York and the city of New York have a migrant crisis and 3 that as the city of New York distributes funding for the relief of this 4 migrant crisis, such funds should have oversight from the comptroller of 5 the state of New York on how such funding is spent. 6 § 2. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding two new 7 subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows: 8 21. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, examine and 9 audit all funds appropriated for humanitarian aid, including short-term 10 shelter services, to migrant individuals and families, including costs 11 associated with humanitarian emergency response and relief centers for 12 migrant individuals entering short-term shelters on or after April 13 first, two thousand twenty-two in the city of New York, and including 14 public assistance benefits and/or other benefits provided to migrant 15 individuals and families. Upon thorough examination, audit, and iden- 16 tification or proportionality of distributions, make a report to the 17 legislature containing said findings prior to the convening of its annu- 18 al session. 19 22. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, examine and 20 audit all contracts entered into by the city of New York for humanitari- 21 an aid, including short-term shelter services, to migrant individuals 22 and families, including contracts associated with humanitarian emergency 23 response and relief centers for migrant individuals entering short-term EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09820-02-5 
 A. 6963 2 1 shelters on or after April first, two thousand twenty-two in the city of 2 New York, and including contracts for public assistance benefits and/or 3 other benefits provided to migrant individuals and families. Upon thor- 4 ough examination, audit, and identification or proportionality of 5 distributions, make a report to the legislature containing said findings 6 prior to the convening of its annual session. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.