New York A 8573: Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations

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A08573 Summary:

BILL NOA08573 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08249

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SPONSORDilan

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Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter.

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BILL NOA08573 

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05/21/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8573

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reports on data
 collected from the office of special investigations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. (a) The commissioner shall collect data from the office of special
 4 investigations established by the department and report quarterly to the
 5 speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the
 6 governor regarding complaints received the previous quarter by the
 7 office. For the report period, such data and report shall include, but
 8 not be limited to:
 9 (i) the number of confirmed and unconfirmed complaints received by the
 10 office of special investigations categorized by facility the complaint
 11 originated from, complaint type or allegation, subject of the complaint
 12 (i.e. incarcerated individual, security staff, civilian staff, or
 13 other), and how the complaint was received by the office;
 14 (ii) the total number of complaints: assigned for an investigation by
 15 the office of special investigations; assigned to each division or unit
 16 within the office of special investigations; referred to the appropriate
 17 central office division head; referred to a facility superintendent or
 18 community supervision bureau chief for investigation; referred to a
 19 facility superintendent or community supervision bureau chief for other
 20 appropriate action; and referred to a state, local, or federal agency
 21 with jurisdiction. Such data shall include the facility the complaint
 22 originated from and the complaint type or allegation;
 23 (iii) the total number of investigations closed by each office of
 24 special investigations unit or division within the reporting time peri-
 25 od;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13047-01-5

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 1 (iv) the total number of referrals for criminal prosecution. Such data
 2 shall include the facility the complaint originated from, the complaint
 3 type or allegation, and the subject of the complaint (i.e. incarcerated
 4 individual, security staff, civilian staff, or other);
 5 (v) the total number of referrals to the department's bureau of labor
 6 relations for consideration of employee disciplinary charges including
 7 which facility the referral originated from; and
 8 (vi) office of special investigations staffing data including the
 9 total number of staff, position type, and number of open positions.
 10 (b) The commissioner shall report annually the average length of time
 11 to close an investigation by the office of special investigation by
 12 division for each correctional facility and any recommendations made by
 13 the office of special investigations to the relevant departmental
 14 program areas for consideration of a revision to a policy or procedure.
 15 Such report shall categorize such recommendations by facility, the
 16 nature of the recommendation, and any action taken in response to the
 17 recommendation.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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