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Children Immigration Status
(Intro 4)Introduced: 2010
Passed City Council: March 25, 2010
Passed Mayor: April 14, 2010
Directs the Administration for Childrens Services to identify undocumented immigrant children who might qualify for special immigration status, track them until they obtain it or some other immigration help, assist them in getting their status, and provide training on immigration benefits to its case workers. Children's Services also would have to report to City Council on its efforts.
How Councilmembers Voted :
46-Yes 0-No 1-Abstain 4-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Fernando Cabrera | D | 14 | Yes |
| Margaret Chin | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Elizabeth Crowley | Democrat | 30 | Yes |
| Inez E. Dickens | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Daniel Dromm | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Mathieu Eugene | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Julissa Ferreras | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Absent |
| Daniel R. Garodnick | Democrat | 4 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Absent |
| David G Greenfield | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Daniel Halloran | Republican | 19 | Yes |
| Vincent Ignizio | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Peter Koo | Republican | 20 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Karen Koslowitz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| Brad Lander | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Jessica S. Lappin | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Stephen Levin | Democrat | 33 | Yes |
| Melissa Mark Viverito | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Darlene Mealy | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Rosie Mendez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Absent |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| Ydanis A. Rodriguez | Democratic Party | 10 | Yes |
| Deborah Rose | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Yes |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Eric Ulrich | Republican | 32 | Yes |
| James Vacca | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Abstain |
| James Van Bramer | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| Mark Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| Thomas White, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Absent |
| Jumaane Williams | Democrat | 45 | Yes |