The New York State Senate

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                                  8037

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2017
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Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  providing  certain
  immigrants  with confidential consultation and assistance on potential
  petitions for executive clemency

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of
the executive law, as added by chapter 206 of  the  laws  of  2014,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (m)  Encourage  and  assist  local  governments  in the development of
activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant
communities; [and]
  (n) PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION WITH AN IMMIGRANT
WHO HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR ONE OR MORE  OFFENSES  OR  CRIMES,  OTHER
THAN  VIOLENT  CRIMES  OR  OTHER  CRIMES  OF A SERIOUS NATURE THAT MIGHT
JUSTIFY DEPORTATION OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL, ON THE POTENTIAL AVAILABILITY OF
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND
PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE FILING OF PETITIONS THEREFOR;
AND
  (O) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year,
produce  a  report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the
temporary president of the  senate  describing  the  activities  of  the
office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through
the  hotline and website, information on ESOL training services provided
by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity
centers, or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce  develop-
ment programs, and any other relevant information.
  §  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless disclosure is
required by lawful court order, no  personally-identifiable  information
obtained  by  the  Office for New Americans or any agent thereof for the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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purpose of confidential consultation and assistance related to a  poten-
tial  petition  for  executive  clemency shall be disclosed to any other
person or entity without the consent of  the  individual  to  whom  such
information pertains.
  §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.