NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1643A

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 07, 2025	print number 1643a
May 07, 2025	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 13, 2025	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2025-S1643 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2132
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §201, Cor L

2025-S1643 - Summary

Establishes a job fair pilot program for certain residents of correctional facilities in the Wende and New York City correctional facility hubs.

2025-S1643 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1643

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a job
fair pilot program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will require the Department of Corrections and Community
Supervision to establish a pilot program in the Wende and New York City
hubs to hold job fairs for incarcerated individuals within three months
of release from prison.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Correction Law 201 to add a new subdivision 16 estab-
lishing a three-year job fair pilot program in the Wende and New York
City hubs. Section 2 provides an effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

According to the New York City Justice Corps created by Mayor Bloomberg
in 2006, 60 to 75% of people on parole remain unemployed a year after
release from prison. Upstate has a higher incarceration rate, and sends
slightly more people to prison, than New York City and its suburbs, and
has fewer employment opportunities and rehabilitative programs for
ex-felons, exacerbating the unemployment problem for formerly incarcer-
ated people when compared to the city. The Council on Criminal Justice
found that stable employment decreases recidivism by about 60% compared
to marginal employment. People leaving prison need to find work but are
generally unprepared for the job market and face serious barriers to
employment because of their criminal history.

This bill creates a pilot job fair program in two prisons, one upstate
near Buffalo, and the other in Westchester, requiring DOCCS to work with
the Department of Labor to locate potential employers to attend job
fairs, and to help incarcerated individuals close to release write
resumes and search for employment. DOCCS will issue annual reports on
the efficacy of the job fairs and will do a three-year follow up study
on recidivism among the group of people attending the job fairs.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

to be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2025-S1643 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1643
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a job
   fair pilot program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  201 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A  THREE-YEAR  JOB  FAIR  PILOT
 PROGRAM  TO ASSIST INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF
 RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE WITHIN SIX  MONTHS
 OF  THEIR  RELEASE  DATE  IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT. SUCH JOB FAIRS SHALL BE
 HELD NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES PER YEAR IN THE WENDE AND  NEW  YORK  CITY
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY HUBS AND SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 APPOINT  A COORDINATOR FOR SUCH JOB FAIR IN EACH PRISON WHERE SUCH FAIRS
 ARE HELD. ELIGIBLE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE  IN  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES  IN  THE  WENDE  OR  NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HUBS
 SHALL BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE JOB  FAIR  AND,  IF  THEY
 ELECT TO ATTEND, MUST BE ESCORTED OR TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE OF SUCH JOB
 FAIR. INDIVIDUALS SHALL NOT BE SHACKLED DURING THE JOB FAIR. INCARCERAT-
 ED  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  WOULD  OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
 PILOT PROGRAM BUT WHO RESIDE IN ALBION, TACONIC OR BEDFORD  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE JOB FAIR PILOT PROGRAM BUT SHALL
 BE  OFFERED  ENHANCED  JOB  SEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DURATION OF THE
 PROGRAM AS PRACTICABLE. JOB FAIRS SHALL PROVIDE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS
 WITH HELP IN RESUME PREPARATION, INTERNET EMPLOYMENT SEARCHES, INTERVIEW
 ADVICE AND OTHER RELEVANT JOB SKILLS. POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS  AND  INDUSTRY
 REPRESENTATIVES  SHALL  BE IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN COOPERATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND SHALL BE INVITED TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03728-01-5

 S. 1643                             2
 
 SUCH JOB FAIRS IN ORDER TO ASSIST INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  IN  FINDING
 EMPLOYMENT UPON RELEASE.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT EVALUATIONS OF THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY
 WITH  A  SUMMARY EVALUATION AT THE END OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH EVALU-
 ATIONS SHALL INCLUDE RECIDIVISM STATISTICS FOR JOB  FAIR  ATTENDEES,  AS
 WELL  AS  NUMBER  OF  ATTENDEES, EMPLOYERS ATTENDING, THE NUMBER OF JOBS
 OFFERED TO SUCH ATTENDEES PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR PERIOD OF INCARCERA-
 TION AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE EFFICACY OF  THE  JOB  FAIRS.
 SUCH  EVALUATIONS SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE PUBLIC AND THE LEGISLATURE BY
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WITH RECIDIVISM
 STATISTICS REPORTED FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  THREE  YEARS  AFTER  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAM HAS ENDED.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2132
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §201, Cor L

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a job fair pilot program for certain residents of correctional facilities in the Wende and New York City correctional facility hubs.

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1643A

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a job
fair pilot program

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 would amend Section 201 of the Correction Law to require the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision establish job fair
pilot programs in the New York City and Wende correctional facility hubs
that shall be held at least three times per year.  Provides for guide-
lines surrounding the operation of the job fairs.  Requires that the
commissioner conduct evaluations of the program annually and a summary
evaluation at the conclusion of the pilot program. Requires a report
relating to recidivism within three years of the conclusion of the pilot
program.

Section 2 would provide for the effective date.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

The amended version of this bill requires rules and regulations relating
to safety during the prescribed job fairs and makes clarifying changes.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

"According to the New York City Justice Corps created by Mayor Bloomberg
in 2006, 60 to 75% of people on parole remain unemployed a year after
release from prison. Upstate has, a higher incarceration rate, and sends
slightly more people to prison, than New York City and its suburbs, and
has fewer employment opportunities and rehabilitative programs for
ex-felons, exacerbating the unemployment problem for formerly incarcer-
ated people when compared to the city.  The Council on Criminal Justice
found that stable employment decreases recidivism by about 60% compared
to marginal employment.  People leaving prison need to find work but are
generally unprepared for the job market and face serious barriers to
employment because of their criminal history.

This bill creates a pilot job fair program in two prisons, one upstate
near Buffalo, and the other in Westchester, requiring DOCCS to work with
the Department of Labor to locate potential employers to attend job
fairs, and to help incarcerated individuals close to release write
resumes and search for employment. DOCCS will issue annual reports on
the efficacy of the job fairs and will do a three-year follow up study
on recidivism among the group of people attending the job fairs."

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2025 - A2132 (Woerner) / S1643 (Cleare): Referred to Correction

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.
Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1643--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a job
   fair pilot program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  201 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A  THREE-YEAR  JOB  FAIR  PILOT
 PROGRAM  TO ASSIST INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF
 RELEASE TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE WITHIN SIX  MONTHS
 OF  THEIR  RELEASE  DATE  IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT. SUCH JOB FAIRS SHALL BE
 HELD NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES PER YEAR IN THE WENDE AND  NEW  YORK  CITY
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY HUBS AND SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 APPOINT  A COORDINATOR FOR SUCH JOB FAIR IN EACH PRISON WHERE SUCH FAIRS
 ARE HELD. ELIGIBLE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE  IN  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITIES  IN  THE  WENDE  OR  NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HUBS
 SHALL BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE JOB  FAIR  AND,  IF  THEY
 ELECT TO ATTEND, MUST BE ESCORTED OR TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE OF SUCH JOB
 FAIR.  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE  ELIGIBLE TO
 PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM BUT WHO RESIDE IN  ALBION,  TACONIC  OR
 BEDFORD  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES  SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE JOB FAIR
 PILOT PROGRAM BUT SHALL BE OFFERED ENHANCED JOB SEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR
 THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM AS  PRACTICABLE.  JOB  FAIRS  SHALL  PROVIDE
 INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  HELP  IN  RESUME  PREPARATION, INTERNET
 EMPLOYMENT SEARCHES, INTERVIEW ADVICE AND  OTHER  RELEVANT  JOB  SKILLS.
 POTENTIAL  EMPLOYERS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DEPARTMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03728-03-5

 S. 1643--A                          2
 
 OF  LABOR  AND  SHALL  BE  INVITED  TO SUCH JOB FAIRS IN ORDER TO ASSIST
 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT UPON RELEASE.
   (B)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE
 THE SAFETY OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, STAFF, POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS,  AND
 INDUSTRY  REPRESENTATIVES  THROUGHOUT ANY JOB FAIR HELD PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT EVALUATIONS OF THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY
 WITH A SUMMARY EVALUATION AT THE END OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.  SUCH  EVALU-
 ATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE  RECIDIVISM STATISTICS FOR JOB FAIR ATTENDEES, AS
 WELL AS NUMBER OF ATTENDEES, EMPLOYERS ATTENDING,  THE  NUMBER  OF  JOBS
 OFFERED TO SUCH ATTENDEES PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR PERIOD OF INCARCERA-
 TION  AND  OTHER  RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE EFFICACY OF THE JOB FAIRS.
 SUCH EVALUATIONS SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE PUBLIC AND THE LEGISLATURE  BY
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WITH RECIDIVISM
 STATISTICS  REPORTED  FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  THREE  YEARS  AFTER THE PILOT
 PROGRAM HAS ENDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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2025-S1643 - Details

2025-S1643 - Summary

2025-S1643 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1643 - Bill Text download pdf

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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Cordell Cleare

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2025-S1643 - Details

2025-S1643 - Summary

2025-S1643 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1643 - Bill Text download pdf

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1643A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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