Requiring at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees, asylees, and migrants receive services from city agencies or providers upon their arrival in the city of New York.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Mar 19, 2024
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law in relation to requiring at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees, asylees, and migrants receive services from city agencies or providers upon their arrival in the city of New York” Read the full text
Immigration
What it does
This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Health to have at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees and migrants receive services from the city. The locations will include emergency congregate housing, shelters run by the Department of Homeless Services, and resource centers that provide various social services to refugees and immigrants. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs shall determine further locations as necessary.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced by Council · Mar 19, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · Mar 19, 2024
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 722
officialInt. No. 722
officialMarch 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-19-24
officialMinutes of the Stated Meeting - March 19, 2024
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Who is lobbying on this
Homeless Services United, Inc.via Homeless Services United, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filingMetergy Solutions Inc.via Kasirer LLC · Environment & Natural Resources
1 filingFrom 2 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).