A2689 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.
- Title
- Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Governmental Operations
- Introduced
- 2025-01-22
- Same as
- S4538
- Law section
- Executive Law
Sponsors
- Catalina Cruz Assembly Member, District 39
Co-sponsors
- Andrew Hevesi Assembly Member, District 28
Heard in committee
- Governmental Operations NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S4538 (2025-26 session) NY State bill