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File #: Int 0601-2026    Version: * Name: Establishing an office of refugee and migrant settlement.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 2/12/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an office of refugee and migrant settlement
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would establish an Office of Refugee and Migrant Settlement to provide short and long term access to relevant resources including, housing, medical care, education and food to people from outside the U.S. who are resettled in New York City. The director of the Office would advise and assist the mayor in coordinating an all-agency response to influxes of people resettling in New York. The Office is required to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on its activities in the past year, including the number of people served and the programs it has undertaken.