Santabarbara introduces bill to require notice, transparency with asylum-seeker relocation within New York

Santabarbara introduces bill to require notice, transparency with asylum-seeker relocation within New York

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam, has introduced a bill that would establish statewide guidelines to ensure advance consultation occurs between state and municipal officials before any resettlement of immigrants or asylum seekers in the state. The bill’s introduction comes in the wake of the relocation of 283 asylum-seekers from New York City to the Super 8 Motel in Rotterdam on July 18, with the motel’s residents displaced without notice after the motel reached an agreement to house asylum seekers from New York City.Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam, said the bill is common-sense given the current situation. “What should have happened is we should have heard from…
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