New York A 267: Requires notification to victims upon the conditional release of an incarcerated individual convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household

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A00267 Summary:

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Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an incarcerated individual convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

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BILL NOA00267 

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01/08/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 267

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notification of
 certain persons upon the conditional release of an incarcerated indi-
 vidual convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or
 household

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
 2 amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 2. have the power and duty of determining the conditions of release of
 5 the person who may be presumptively released, conditionally released or
 6 subject to a period of post-release supervision under an indeterminate
 7 or determinate sentence of imprisonment. Where an incarcerated individ-
 8 ual to be conditionally released was convicted of a crime and the victim
 9 is or was a member of the same family or household as the incarcerated
 10 individual it shall be the duty of the board at least one week prior to
 11 the release to notify the victim or victims of such offense, unless the
 12 victim refuses or the victim's whereabouts are unknown, that the incar-
 13 cerated individual is being released and of the conditions of such
 14 release. Such notification shall be sent by electronic mail when the
 15 electronic mail address of the victim or victims is available, and when
 16 it is not, by certified mail to the last known address of the victim or
 17 victims. When such address is a shelter for victims of domestic abuse
 18 notice shall also be given to the director or administrator of such
 19 shelter. For purposes of this subdivision, "members of the same family
 20 or household" shall mean the following:
 21 (a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity;
 22 (b) persons legally married to one another;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01397-01-5

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 1 (c) persons formerly married to one another;
 2 (d) persons who have a child in common, regardless of whether such
 3 persons have been married or have lived together at any time;
 4 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended
 5 by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 6 2. have the power and duty of determining the conditions of release of
 7 the person who may be conditionally released or subject to a period of
 8 post-release supervision under an indeterminate or reformatory sentence
 9 of imprisonment and of determining which incarcerated individuals serv-
 10 ing a definite sentence of imprisonment may be conditionally released
 11 and when and under what conditions. Where an incarcerated individual to
 12 be conditionally released was convicted of a crime and the victim is or
 13 was a member of the same family or household as the incarcerated indi-
 14 vidual it shall be the duty of the board at least one week prior to the
 15 release to notify the victim or victims of such offense, unless the
 16 victim refuses or the victim's whereabouts are unknown, that the incar-
 17 cerated individual is being released and of the conditions of such
 18 release. Such notification shall be sent by electronic mail when the
 19 electronic mail address of the victim or victims is available, and when
 20 it is not, by certified mail to the last known address of the victim or
 21 victims.