Bill Text: NY S07224 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires statements made to the state board of parole by the victim of a crime be considered when determining whether to grant a discretionary release on parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-14 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9696 [S07224 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07224-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7224 IN SENATE April 7, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- 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 executive law, in relation to statements made to the state board of parole by the victim of a crime The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 § 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 2 259-i of the executive law, as amended by section 38-f-1 of the subpart 3 A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 (A) Discretionary release on parole shall not be granted merely as a 6 reward for good conduct or efficient performance of duties while 7 confined but after considering if there is a reasonable probability 8 that, if such inmate is released, he will live and remain at liberty 9 without violating the law, and that his release is not incompatible with 10 the welfare of society and will not so deprecate the seriousness of his 11 crime as to undermine respect for law. In making the parole release 12 decision, the procedures adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section 13 two hundred fifty-nine-c of this article shall require that the follow- 14 ing be considered: (i) the institutional record including program goals 15 and accomplishments, academic achievements, vocational education, train- 16 ing or work assignments, therapy and interactions with staff and 17 inmates; (ii) performance, if any, as a participant in a temporary 18 release program; (iii) release plans including community resources, 19 employment, education and training and support services available to the 20 inmate; (iv) any deportation order issued by the federal government 21 against the inmate while in the custody of the department and any recom- 22 mendation regarding deportation made by the commissioner of the depart- 23 ment pursuant to section one hundred forty-seven of the correction law; 24 (v) any current or prior statement made to the board by the crime victim 25 or the victim's representative, where the crime victim is deceased or is 26 mentally or physically incapacitated; (vi) the length of the determinate 27 sentence to which the inmate would be subject had he or she received a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14871-01-6