New York S 2549: Requires the members of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents

Status: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2549

Sponsors: Zellnor Myrie

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S02549 Summary:

BILL NOS02549 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07151

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SPONSORMYRIE

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Amd §§259-b & 259-d, Exec L

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Requires the membership of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents of each county to reflect the state's incarcerated individual population.

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2549

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- 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 the composition of the
 state board of parole and parole hearing officers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the
 4 effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be
 5 so constituted that the proportion of the members residing in any county
 6 of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same proportion
 7 as the resident county of the incarcerated individual population bears
 8 to the total population of the state.
 9 § 2. Section 259-d of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 11 3. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the
 12 effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be
 13 so constituted that the proportion of the hearing officers residing in
 14 any county of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same
 15 proportion as the resident county of the incarcerated individual popu-
 16 lation bears to the total population of the state.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06786-01-5

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