Pass DND!

Contact State Leadership 

As ICE seeks to expand its detention capacity in New York, we are demanding that our state leadership pass DND immediately, along with other crucial immigrant rights legislation like New York For All.  

Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar

Represents District 38, which covers the Queens neighborhoods of Glendale, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven.

• District Office: 718-805-0950

• Albany Office: 518-455-4621

• Email: rajkumarj@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Rajkumar to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Rajkumar recently signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.  

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All, to take bold action against ICE in New York State?

Assemblymember William (Bill) Magnarelli 

Represents District 129, which includes the Northside, Westside, Eastwood and Valley areas of Syracuse and Geddes and Van Buren.  Assemblymember Magnarelli is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• District Office: 315-428-9651

• Albany Office: 518-455-4826

• Email: MagnarW@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Magnarelli to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Magnarelli is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.  

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?  Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee?   

Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman 

Represents District 56, which includes Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights (Brooklyn NY). 

• District Office: 718-399-7630

• Albany Office: 518-455-5474

• Email: zinermans@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _____ and I am a resident of _____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Zinerman to sign on to the Dignity Not Detention Act (A.4181) immediately.

The Dignity Not Detention Act gets New York State out of the business of ICE detention permanently. DND will prevent state and local government entities, like jails, hospitals, or schools, from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants and end contracts that currently exist. As we see ICE's brutal violence on full display across the country, I am increasingly concerned by NY State failing to do all it can to stop such violence from taking place here.

Can we count on Assemblymember Zinerman to meet the urgency of the moment and cosponsor and vote to pass DND as soon as possible?

Assemblymember Keith Powers 

Represents District 74, which includes portions of the Lower East Side, East Village, and Midtown East.

• District Office: 212-979-9696

• Albany Office: 518-455-5506

• Email: powersk@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _____ and I am a resident of _____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Powers to sign on to the Dignity Not Detention Act (A.4181) immediately.

The Dignity Not Detention Act gets New York State out of the business of ICE detention permanently. DND will prevent state and local government entities, like jails, hospitals, or schools, from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants and end contracts that currently exist. As we see ICE's brutal violence on full display across the country, I am increasingly concerned by NY State failing to do all it can to stop such violence from taking place here.

Assemblymember Powers said he would sign on as a co-sponsor but he hasn’t yet. Does he plan to follow through on that commitment and can we count on him to co-sponsor DND?

Assemblymember Michael Benedetto

Represents District 82, which covers the Co-op City, Throggs Neck, Westchester Square, City Island, Country Club, and Pelham Bay sections of the East Bronx.  Assemblymember Benedetto had a long career in education.  Assemblymember Benedetto is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• District Offices: 718-892-2235, 718-320-2220

• Albany Office: 518-455-5296

• Email: benedettom@nyassembly.gov

• Contact Form: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Michael-Benedetto/contact/

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Benedetto to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Benedetto is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.  

Recently 38 education organizations across the state called on electeds like you to pass DND to safeguard education in NY state.  Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?

Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee? 

Assemblymember Pamela J. Hunter

Represents District 128, which includes portions of Syracuse, as well as the surrounding towns of Salina, DeWitt, and Onondaga. Assemblymember Hunter is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• District Office: 315-449-9536

• Albany Office: 518-455-5383

• Email: HunterP@nyassembly.gov

• Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Pamela-J-Hunter/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Hunter to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Hunter is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.  

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?  Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee? 

Assemblymember Alicia L. Hyndman

Represents District 29, which is in Queens County and includes the neighborhoods of Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, and Jamaica. Assemblymember Hyndman is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• District Office: 718-723-5412

• Albany Office: 518-455-4451

• Email: hyndmana@nyassembly.gov

• Contact Form: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Alicia-Hyndman/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Hyndman to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Hyndman is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.

Recently 38 education organizations across the state called on electeds like you to pass DND to safeguard education in NY state, including multiple higher education organizations and NYC community education councils.  

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?  Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee?  As a daughter of immigrants we appreciate your leadership on these issues.


Assemblymember John T. McDonald III

Represents District 108, which consists of parts of Albany, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties.  Assemblymember McDonald is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• Albany Office: 518-455-4474

• Email: McDonaldJ@nyassembly.gov

• Contact Form: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/John-T-McDonald-III/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember McDonald to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember McDonald is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?  Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee? 

Assemblymember Phil Ramos

Represents District 6, which includes parts of Bay Shore, Baywood, Brentwood, Central Islip, Hauppauge, Islip, Islandia and North Bay Shore. Assemblymember Ramos is a member of the Ways and Means Committee which must move DND forward next.  

• District Office: 631-435-3214

• Albany Office: 518-455-5185

• Email: McDonaldJ@nyassembly.gov

• Contact Form: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Phil-Ramos/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of ____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Ramos to co-sponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.316/A.4181) and advocate for its immediate passage.  

I am excited that Assemblymember Ramos is signed on to New York For All.  Dignity Not Detention would prevent government entities in our state from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants.  Given ICE’s efforts to expand its detention capacity in New York, it is crucial to prevent state ICE detention contracts by passing DND in addition to New York for All.

Will the assemblymember sign on to the DND Act, in addition to New York for All?  Will the assemblymember work to pass DND through the Ways and Means committee? 

 Senator James Skoufis

*Represents District 42, which covers nearly all of Orange County. Please call/email only if you are located in or connected to this district!

• District Office: (845) 567-1270

• Albany Office: (518) 455-3290

• Email: skoufis@nysenate.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County and New York State. [If you are from Orange County or have any connections to it, please mention that.] 

The senator has said he is concerned about people being transferred away from their homes and communities and legal representation if Orange County Jail shuts down. Yet ICE already transfers people at a whim, and a study by Detention Watch Network shows that the fewer detention centers there are, the fewer people ICE can arrest.

See https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/13/map-ice-detainees-transferred-often-flown-farther/
and https://www.ilrc.org/resources/if-you-build-it-ice-will-fill-it-link-between-detention-capacity-and-ice-arrests  

Orange County Jail's contract with ICE enables the agency to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our family and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment. The county should not be making money off of the violence of immigration detention.

I appreciate the Senator’s opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester, however, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, our county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.

Given this, I urge Senator Skoufis to sign on to the Dignity Not Detention Act (S316/A.4181) immediately. This bill will prevent state and local government entities, like jails, hospitals, or schools, from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants and end contracts that currently exist, like at OCJ.

Can we count on Senator Skoufis to meet the urgency of the moment and cosponsor and vote to pass DND as soon as possible?

Assemblymember Paula Kay

Represents District 100 which consists of a majority of Sullivan County, including the towns of Fallsburg, Liberty, Monticello, Rock Hill and Wurtsboro, and the city of Middletown in Orange County. Please call/email only if you are located in or connected to this district!

• District Office: 845-794-5807

• Albany Office: 518-455-5355

• Email: kayp@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County and New York State. [If you are from Orange County or have any connections to it, please mention that.] 

Orange County Jail’s contract with ICE enables the agency to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our family and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment. The county should not be making money off of the violence of immigration detention.

I appreciate the Assemblymember’s opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester, however, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, our county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.

Assemblymember Kay has said that, as a former prosecutor, she can’t support a bill that could potentially release criminals from custody. But people in ICE detention are not there for crimes; they are there while their immigration cases–civil, not criminal–are adjudicated. DND prohibits New York from renting out jails for ICE detention capacity. It has nothing to do with people having criminal cases or not. 

Given this, I urge Assemblymember Kay to sign on to the Dignity Not Detention Act (S316/A.4181) immediately. This bill will prevent state and local government entities, like jails, hospitals, or schools, from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants and end contracts that currently exist, like at OCJ.

Can we count on Assemblymember Kay to meet the urgency of the moment and cosponsor and vote to pass DND as soon as possible?

Contact Your Assemblymember and Senator 

If your representative has NOT cosponsored NY DND

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________ and I'm a constituent of yours. I am calling to urge you to support the immediate passage of the Dignity Not Detention Act by co-sponsoring the legislation and working with your colleagues to pass it as soon as possible.  The Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316) gets New York State out of the business of ICE detention. Although Governor Hochul says she intends to end 287g and IGSA agreements, these temporary half-measures will automatically be repealed in 2029 and do nothing to ban law enforcement’s day to day collusion with ICE.  We need comprehensive solutions to end NY’s complicity with ICE’s reign of terror.  We need Dignity not Detention and New York for All. lease do everything in your power to pass DND to truly get New York out of the business of ICE detention and make our communities safer as a result.