New York S 1643: Establishes a job fair pilot program

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S01643 Summary:

BILL NOS01643A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02132-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §201, Cor L

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

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BILL NOS01643A

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

05/07/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 1643A

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

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1643--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 201 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
 3 16. (a) The department shall establish a three-year job fair pilot
 4 program to assist incarcerated individuals who are within six months of
 5 release to community supervision or who are otherwise within six months
 6 of their release date in finding employment. Such job fairs shall be
 7 held no less than three times per year in the Wende and New York City
 8 correctional facility hubs and shall be implemented by the commissioner
 9 in cooperation with the commissioner of labor. The commissioner shall
 10 appoint a coordinator for such job fair in each prison where such fairs
 11 are held. Eligible incarcerated individuals who reside in correctional
 12 facilities in the Wende or New York City correctional facility hubs
 13 shall be offered the opportunity to attend the job fair and, if they
 14 elect to attend, must be escorted or transported to the site of such job
 15 fair. Incarcerated individuals who would otherwise be eligible to
 16 participate in the pilot program but who reside in Albion, Taconic or
 17 Bedford Correctional Facilities shall not be included in the job fair
 18 pilot program but shall be offered enhanced job search opportunities for
 19 the duration of the program as practicable. Job fairs shall provide
 20 incarcerated individuals with help in resume preparation, internet
 21 employment searches, interview advice and other relevant job skills.
 22 Potential employers and industry representatives shall be identified by
 23 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

 1 of labor and shall be invited to such job fairs in order to assist
 2 incarcerated individuals in finding employment upon release.
 3 (b) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure
 4 the safety of incarcerated individuals, staff, potential employers, and
 5 industry representatives throughout any job fair held pursuant to this
 6 subdivision.
 7 (c) The commissioner shall conduct evaluations of the program annually
 8 with a summary evaluation at the end of the pilot program. Such evalu-
 9 ations shall include recidivism statistics for job fair attendees, as
 10 well as number of attendees, employers attending, the number of jobs
 11 offered to such attendees prior to the end of their period of incarcera-
 12 tion and other relevant information on the efficacy of the job fairs.
 13 Such evaluations shall be reported to the public and the legislature by
 14 December thirty-first of each year of the pilot program, with recidivism
 15 statistics reported for an additional three years after the pilot
 16 program has ended.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 18 law. Ef