New York S 1707: Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson

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S01707 Summary:

BILL NOS01707 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06322

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBASKIN, BRISPORT, CLEARE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Cor L, generally; amd §677, County L; amd §2.10, CP L; amd §285, Ed L; amd §§63, 169 & 837-a, Exec L; amd
§33.13, Ment Hyg L; amd §§2782 & 2786, Pub Health L; amd §92, Pub Off L; amd §460-c, Soc Serv L

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Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsperson as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with their official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsperson records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS01707 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1707

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, MYRIE, RAMOS, SEPULVE-
 DA -- 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 creating the office
 of the correctional ombudsperson; to amend the county law, in relation
 to reports by coroners; to amend the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to designating investigators of the office of the correction-
 al ombudsperson as peace officers; to amend the education law, in
 relation to the certification of incarcerated individual populations;
 to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the attorney
 general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense
 committed by an employee of the department of corrections and communi-
 ty supervision in connection with their official duties; to amend the
 executive law, in relation to the division of criminal justice
 services; to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to clinical
 records; to amend the public health law, in relation to the confiden-
 tiality of certain records; to amend the public officers law, in
 relation to including the office of the correctional ombudsperson
 records within the definition of public safety agency records; and to
 amend the social services law, in relation to inspection and super-
 vision

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new article 3-A
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 3-A
 4 OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL OMBUDSPERSON
 5 Section 50. Definitions.
 6 51. Office of the correctional ombudsperson; organization.
 7 52. Correctional oversight board.
 8 53. Powers of the ombudsperson.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04794-01-5

 S. 1707 2

 1 54. Additional functions, powers and duties of the office of the
 2 ombudsperson.
 3 55. Additional duties of the department and local correctional
 4 facilities.
 5 56. Obstructing an investigation by the correctional ombudsper-
 6 son.
 7 § 50. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 8 terms shall have the following meanings:
 9 1. "Office" refers to the office of the correctional ombudsperson.
 10 2. "Ombudsperson" refers to the commissioner of the office of the
 11 correctional ombudsperson.
 12 § 51. Office of the correctional ombudsperson; organization. In order
 13 to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in
 14 our state and local correctional facilities