New York A 7015: Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger

Status: REFERRED TO CORRECTION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 7015

Sponsors: Phara Souffrant Forrest

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A07015 Summary:

BILL NOA07015 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05283

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Amd §259-i, Exec L

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Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger; provides if such individual is convicted of a crime prior to their twenty-second birthday for which they were sentenced to a period of incarceration greater than 20 years, they shall be eligible for parole after fifteen years of incarceration.

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03/18/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7015

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to parole eligibility for
 crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger

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

 1 Section 1. Section 259-i of the executive law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 3 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 4 person convicted of a crime or crimes which they committed prior to
 5 their twenty-second birthday and for which they were sentenced to serve
 6 a period of incarceration greater than twenty years shall be eligible
 7 for parole after fifteen years of incarceration.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 9 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09736-02-5

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