S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6553--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the
social services law and the executive law, in relation to providing
comprehensive services to individuals with a persistent pattern of
involvement in the criminal justice system; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the 9,000
act".
§ 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
§ 9-313 COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM. 1. THE OFFICE
SHALL IDENTIFY NO MORE THAN NINETY-FIVE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS WITH A
PERSISTENT PATTERN OF ARREST AND FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT AND, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH: THE OFFICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION
OF GUN VIOLENCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES, THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SERVICES, THE STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE
STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, THE STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE STATE OFFICE OF
ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, ENGAGE WITH AS MANY OF SUCH IDENTIFIED
INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, HOUSING, FINANCIAL
SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE. NO PROVISION OF SERVICES
UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINGENT ON A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OF
SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2. ANY INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED BY THE OFFICE WHO STANDS CHARGED WITH A
VIOLATION OR A MISDEMEANOR MAY BE OFFERED A PLEA IN SATISFACTION OF SUCH
CHARGES IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL AGREES TO AND PARTICIPATES IN THE COMPREHEN-
SIVE SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
3. AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION AND
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR
RELEASE TO POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR
FULL TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR MAXIMUM TERM FOR PAROLE MAY BE ENTITLED TO
SUCH RELIEF ON THE CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM UNDER THIS
SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION MAY EXERCISE DISCRETION IN ALLOWING THE RELEASE OF
PERSONS CONVICTED OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES: (A) A VIOLENT FELONY
OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW; (B) MURDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE OR MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (C) AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN
ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW; (D) UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT
IN THE FIRST DEGREE, KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE, OR KIDNAPPING IN
THE SECOND DEGREE, IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD
AND THE OFFENDER IS NOT THE PARENT OF THE VICTIM; (E) AN OFFENSE DEFINED
IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW INVOLVING THE PROSTITU-
TION OF A PERSON LESS THAN NINETEEN YEARS OLD; (F) DISSEMINATING INDE-
CENT MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE FIRST DEGREE OR DISSEMINATING INDECENT
MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (G) AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTI-
CLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE PENAL LAW; OR (H) A HATE CRIME AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW.
4. EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON OUTCOMES OF
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH RESPECT TO RE-ARRESTS, HEALTH, HOUSING SECURI-
TY, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EACH
SERVICE AND THE PROBABILITY OF RE-ARREST.
§ 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as
follows:
(XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT LIVING
WITH A PARENT OR OTHER CARETAKER RELATIVE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PARTIC-
IPATION IN A VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR OTHER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN
CONNECTION WITH SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH A RECIDIVISM PREVENTION
PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
§ 4. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
read as follows:
§ 259-U. PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IDEN-
TIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ANY INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE OF SENTENCE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AND SHALL RECEIVE AN ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE FROM
PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR RELEASE TO A PERIOD
OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION ON CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.