Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7532
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, WALSH, MANKTELOW, REILLY,
FRIEND, DiPIETRO, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC, MORINELLO, RA, TAGUE, HAWLEY,
McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, BLANKENBUSH, GALLAHAN, SIMPSON, LEMONDES, FITZPA-
TRICK, MILLER, TANNOUSIS, ANGELINO, NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, DURSO --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the state board of
parole membership, interviews with incarcerated individuals, and
determination of parole
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 259-b of the executive law, as
amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
6. Any member of the board may be removed by the governor [for cause
after an opportunity to be heard] OR BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE SENATE
AND THE ASSEMBLY.
§ 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
259-i of the executive law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of
2022, is amended to read as follows:
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at
least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual
may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal
law, a [member or] MINIMUM OF THREE OR MORE members as determined by the
rules of the board shall personally interview such incarcerated individ-
ual and determine whether [he or she] THEY should be paroled in accord-
ance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section
two hundred fifty-nine-c of this article. SUCH DETERMINATION TO PAROLE
SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE UNANIMOUS BY AGREEMENT OF THE
BOARD. If parole is not granted upon such review, the incarcerated indi-
vidual shall be informed in writing within two weeks of such appearance
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06908-01-5
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