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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A00325 Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens.

Direction

Immigration enforcement sanctuary policiesAI label

Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 80%

Expands eligibility for state-funded public benefits (TANF, safety net assistance, medical assistance) to additional categories of recent noncitizens who are victims of trafficking, domestic violence or certain crimes and are pursuing or eligible for specific immigration relief such as T/U visas, VA

a noncitizen and their spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, who entered the United States within the previous five years with respect to benefits under the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, and safety net assistance program and within the previous seven years with respect to medical assistance, provided such noncitizen: (1) (A) has been confirmed as a victim of human trafficking... or (B) has provided a sworn statement that the noncitizen is a foreign-born victim of trafficking or domestic violence and other serious crimes for which immigration

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Immigration enforcement otherAI label

Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 70%

Expands state-funded benefits eligibility to certain recent noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence or qualifying crimes who are pursuing T, U, VAWA, SIJS, or asylum relief, including for their spouse and minor children, for up to two years or while applications are pending.

(viii) a noncitizen and their spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, who entered the United States within the previous five years with respect to benefits under the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, and safety net assistance program and within the previous seven years with respect to medical assistance, provided such noncitizen:

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-03-04: print number 325a
Filed
2025-01-08
Committee
Social Services
Sponsor
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas D + 8 cosponsors (8 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends social services law to expand eligibility for TANF, safety net assistance, and medical assistance to additional noncitizens (victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, or serious crimes eligible for T/U visas, VAWA, SIJS, or asylum) and their families for limited periods, which limits the scope of state/local immigration enforcement by reducing barriers to public benefits based on immigration status. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-04Aprint number 325a
2026-03-04Aamend and recommit to social services
2026-01-07Areferred to social services
2025-01-08Areferred to social services