New York S 5038: Establishes an optional retirement stipend for certain incarcerated individuals over sixty-two years of age

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S05038 Summary:

BILL NOS05038 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00045

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §187, Cor L

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Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.

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BILL NOS05038 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5038

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 correction law, in relation to establishing an
 optional retirement stipend for certain incarcerated individuals over
 sixty-two years of age

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

 1 Section 1. Section 187 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. a. Any incarcerated individual over sixty-two years of age who has
 4 served at least five years of such individual's sentence shall have the
 5 option to stop participating in programs and work assignments under this
 6 article and shall receive a monthly retirement stipend of thirty
 7 dollars.
 8 b. The commissioner shall inform each incarcerated individual who is
 9 eligible for retirement under paragraph a of this subdivision of such
 10 individual's option to retire.
 11 c. If an eligible individual decides to continue working and refuses
 12 the retirement stipend, the commissioner shall so note in writing.
 13 d. Any incarcerated individual who has refused the retirement benefit
 14 under paragraph c of this subdivision may elect to stop working and
 15 receive such benefit upon thirty days written notice to the commission-
 16 er.
 17 e. Nothing in this subdivision shall excuse an individual from
 18 completing any program required for parole release, provided, however,
 19 that an eligible individual who is waiting for an opening in such a
 20 program may stop working until such program becomes available.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 22 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 23 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 24 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 25 date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00021-01-5

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