New York A 2355: Establishes the parole board accountability act

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A02355 Summary:

BILL NOA02355 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03552

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SPONSORHawley

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COSPNSRBrown K, DeStefano, Gallahan, Giglio, Lemondes, Molitor, Tague, Slater, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSRAngelino

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Add §259-u, Exec L

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Establishes the parole board accountability act which requires incarcerated individuals who are released on parole, via a vote that is not unanimous, be placed in the community where one of the two board members primarily reside; establishes the procedure of which of the two board member's community the releasee shall be released to.

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BILL NOA02355 

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01/16/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2355

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 parole board accountability act.

 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 "parole board accountability act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 259-u. Parole board accountability. 1. Where the board votes that
 6 an incarcerated individual be released on parole, but such vote is not
 7 unanimous, the department shall direct such releasee be released to a
 8 shelter, halfway house, or a transitional residential facility in the
 9 community of one of the two board members who voted in favor of the
 10 releasee primarily reside.
 11 2. The commissioner shall rely on a coin flip to determine which of
 12 the two board member's community the releasee shall be released to. Such
 13 coin flip shall be conducted and made publicly available via live stream
 14 on the department's website.
 15 3. Upon the results of such coin flip pursuant to subdivision two of
 16 this section, the department shall place such releasee in a shelter,
 17 halfway house, or a transitional residential facility that is geograph-
 18 ically closest to the board member's primary residence who was chosen
 19 pursuant to such coin flip.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01820-01-5

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