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Robert C. Carroll
Jeffrion Aubry
Catalina Cruz
Charles Lavine
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Didi Barrett
Steven Englebright
Mathylde Frontus
John T. McDonald III
A8855 (ACTIVE) - Details
A8855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8855 I N A S S E M B L Y January 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA, CARROLL, AUBRY, CRUZ, LAVINE, PERRY, KIM, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, SIMON, EPSTEIN, REYES, WALKER, D. ROSENTHAL, COOK, ROZIC, TAYLOR, DICKENS, JOYNER, L. ROSENTHAL, NIOU, FAHY, DARLING, HYNDMAN, VANEL, FERNANDEZ, GLICK, MITAYNES, STECK, GONZALEZ- ROJAS, KELLES, BURGOS, GALLAGHER, MAMDANI, ANDERSON, SEPTIMO, FORREST, BURDICK, CLARK, ZINERMAN, RAMOS, HUNTER, MEEKS, JACKSON, SOLAGES, SAYEGH, LUPARDO, PRETLOW, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, RICHARDSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PEOPLES-STOKES, BRONSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, FRONTUS, McDONALD, QUART, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons 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 two new subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows: 18. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW, WHERE A PERSON SERVING A SENTENCE OF INCARCERATION HAS SERVED AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OF THEIR SENTENCE OR SENTENCES AND HAS REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-FIVE OR GREATER, CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE PERSON'S FIFTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY OR THE LAST DAY OF THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THEIR SENTENCE, WHICHEVER IS LATER, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY- NINE-I OF THIS ARTICLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH PERSON SHOULD BE RELEASED TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT RELEASE IS APPROPRIATE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-I OF THIS ARTICLE, THEN THE BOARD SHALL RELEASE THE PERSON TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. IF RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IS NOT GRANTED, THE PERSON 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 AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL OTHERWISE APPLY AS THOUGH THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.