New York A 7648: Relates to extending the time for reconsideration of parole for violent felony offenders

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A07648 Summary:

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Permits the parole board to extend the time for reconsideration of parole for violent felony offenders to forty-eight months from a negative determination.

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04/04/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7648

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the time for
 reconsideration of parole for violent felony offenders

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 259-i of the executive law, as amended by section 14 of chapter
 3 486 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at
 5 least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual
 6 may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal
 7 law, a member or members as determined by the rules of the board shall
 8 personally interview such incarcerated individual and determine whether
 9 [he or she] such individual should be paroled in accordance with the
 10 guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred
 11 fifty-nine-c of this article. If parole is not granted upon such review,
 12 the incarcerated individual shall be informed in writing within two
 13 weeks of such appearance of the factors and reasons for such denial of
 14 parole. Such reasons shall be given in detail and not in conclusory
 15 terms. The board shall specify a date for reconsideration which is
 16 either twenty-four or forty-eight months from such determination for
 17 violent felony offenders, or not more than twenty-four months from such
 18 determination for [reconsideration] all other offenders, and the proce-
 19 dures to be followed upon reconsideration shall be the same. If the
 20 incarcerated individual is released, [he or she] such individual shall
 21 be given a copy of the conditions of parole. Such conditions shall where
 22 appropriate, include a requirement that the parolee comply with any
 23 restitution order, mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee
 24 and DNA databank fee previously imposed by a court of competent juris-
 25 diction that applies to the parolee. The conditions shall indicate which

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04319-01-5

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 1 restitution collection agency established under subdivision eight of
 2 section 420.10 of the criminal procedure law, shall be responsible for
 3 collection of restitution, mandatory surcharge, sex offender registra-
 4 tion fees and DNA databank fees as provided for in section 60.35 of the
 5 penal law and section eighteen hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic
 6 law. If the incarcerated individual is released, [he or she] such indi-
 7 vidual shall also be notified in writing that [his or her] their voting
 8 rights will be restored upon release.
 9 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive
 10 law, as amended by section 15 of chapter 486 of the laws of 2022, is
 11 amended to read as follows:
 12 (a) At least one month prior to the expiration of the minimum period
 13 or periods of imprisonment fixed by the court or board, a member or
 14 members as determined by the rules of the board shall personally inter-
 15 view an incarcerated individual serving an indeterminate sentence and
 16 determine whether [he or she] such individual should be paroled at the
 17 expiration of the minimum period or periods in accordance with the
 18 procedures adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred
 19 fifty-nine-c of this article. If parole is