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Jan 26, 2021 | referred to correction |
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Robert C. Carroll
Jeffrion Aubry
Catalina Cruz
Charles Lavine
Multi-Sponsors
Mathylde Frontus
Andrew Hevesi
Dan Quart
A3475 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3475 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DE LA ROSA, CARROLL, AUBRY, CRUZ, LAVINE, PERRY, KIM, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, SIMON, EPSTEIN, BARRON, REYES, RODRIGUEZ, WALKER, D. ROSENTHAL, COOK, ROZIC, PICHARDO, TAYLOR, DICKENS, JOYNER, L. ROSENTHAL, NIOU, FAHY, DARLING, HYNDMAN, VANEL, FERNANDEZ, GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FRONTUS, HEVESI, QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to parole eligibility for certain inmates aged fifty-five or older THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows: 18. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF THE LAW, WHERE A PERSON SERV- ING A SENTENCE OF INCARCERATION HAS SERVED AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OF A DETERMINATE OR INDETERMINATE SENTENCE AND HAS REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY- FIVE OR GREATER, THE BOARD SHALL CONDUCT A HEARING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY NINE-I OF THIS ARTICLE TO DETER- MINE WHETHER SUCH PERSON SHOULD BE RELEASED TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE PROBABILITY THAT, IF SUCH PERSON IS RELEASED, HE OR SHE WILL LIVE AND REMAIN AT LIBERTY WITH- OUT VIOLATING THE LAW AND THAT HIS OR HER RELEASE IS NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY, THEN THE BOARD SHALL RELEASE THE PERSON TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION EVEN IF THE PERSON HAS NOT SERVED THE MINIMUM SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE JUDGE. IF RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IS NOT GRANTED, THE INMATE SHALL BE INFORMED IN WRITING WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF SUCH APPEARANCE OF THE FACTORS AND REASONS FOR THE DENIAL OF SUCH RELEASE AND THE BOARD SHALL SPECIFY A DATE NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS FROM SUCH DETERMINATION FOR RECONSIDERATION, AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED UPON RECONSIDERATION SHALL BE THE SAME. IF RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IS GRANTED, THE BOARD SHALL SET RELEASE CONDITIONS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02819-01-1