New York A 7099: Eliminates additional application fees and annual fees for special license plates issued to veterans of the armed forces of the United States

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A07099 Summary:

BILL NOA07099 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04064

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Epstein, Walker, Gibbs, Cruz, Tapia

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 35 §837-y, Exec L

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Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations; makes an appropriation therefor.

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BILL NOA07099 

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03/20/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7099

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG, EPSTEIN, WALKER,
 GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Michael
 K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties
 and municipalities to reduce prison populations; and making an appro-
 priation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Michael K. Williams law".
 3 § 2. Article 35 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 837-y to read as follows:
 5 § 837-y. Michael K. Williams grant program. 1. There is hereby created
 6 within the division of criminal justice services a decarceration grant
 7 program to be administered by the attorney general acting through the
 8 commissioner to award grants to county governments for the implementa-
 9 tion of evidence-based programs designed to reduce crime rates and
 10 incarcerations.
 11 2. A grant may be awarded upon the submission of an application to the
 12 attorney general which:
 13 (a) demonstrates the ability to collect and analyze local criminal
 14 justice and incarceration data including data on racial and ethnic
 15 disparities;
 16 (b) establishes benchmarks to track decarceration, a clear methodology
 17 to account for the number of people in custody and growth rate over the
 18 past three calendar years;
 19 (c) provides a means to develop a strategic, collaborative plan to
 20 decrease local jail/prison populations which shall be public facing and
 21 outline how funds, if awarded, shall be used to reduce the prison/jail
 22 population in the county over time;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08306-01-5

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 1 (d) sets goals for the reduction of racial and ethnic jail incarcera-
 2 tion disparities;
 3 (e) demonstrates that the crime rate within the municipality did not
 4 increase by more than three percent.
 5 3. If a grant is awarded upon the submission of an application, funds
 6 cannot be used to construct new jails or correctional centers.
 7 4. Financial savings created through decreased incarceration shall be
 8 used to sustain programmatic and community-based efforts to reduce jail
 9 incarceration.
 10 5. Grantees shall consult with municipal, county and state law
 11 enforcement agencies, courts, public defense practitioners and communi-
 12 ty-based organizations to plan, implement and evaluate.
 13 6. If a grantee fails to meet the incarceration rate and racial and
 14 ethnic disparities reduction requirements under subdivision two of this
 15 section in any two consecutive years of the award, the attorney general,
 16 acting through the commissioner, shall terminate the award.
 17 § 3. The sum of seven million dollars ($7,000,000), or so much thereof
 18 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Michael K. Williams
 19 grant program as established pursuant to section 847 of the executive
 20 law from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated and
 21 made immediately available to the division of criminal justice services
 22 for distribution to municipalities for the purposes of carrying out the
 23 provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and
 24 warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the
 25 com