Provisions In New York’s Budget Include Many Immigration Enforcement Reforms Stalled In Rockland County

New York State’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget, when finalized, will include a sweeping set of immigration enforcement restrictions that will reshape how local governments across the state interact with federal immigration authorities. For Rockland County residents, that development carries a particular resonance, because Rockland spent the better part of this winter trying to do something similar on its own.

Having spent years in Albany negotiating exactly these kinds of policy fights, I can tell you: what happened in Rockland this winter, and what will ultimately happen in the state budget, are two sides of the same story.