New York A 6563: Relates to adding Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways

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A06563 Summary:

BILL NOA06563 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06814

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSRGriffin, Woerner, Otis, Tapia, Hevesi, Dinowitz, Yeger, Carroll P, Buttenschon, Schiavoni, Shimsky,
 Lunsford, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§641, 646-a & 221-a, Exec L; amd §4140, Pub Health L

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Requires the notification of a crime victim or witness of the death of the accused if such person dies during pending judicial proceedings or during any period of incarceration, parole or post-release supervision, or when an order of protection exists.

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BILL NOA06563 

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03/06/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6563

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public health law, in relation
 to requiring the notification of crime victims of the death of an
 accused

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 641 of the executive law, as added
 2 by chapter 94 of the laws of 1984, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter
 3 618 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Ensure notification of victims, witnesses, relatives of those
 5 victims and witnesses who are minors, and relatives of homicide victims,
 6 [if such persons provide the appropriate official with a current address
 7 and telephone number] unless such persons opt not to receive such
 8 notification, either by phone or by mail, if possible, of judicial
 9 proceedings relating to their case, including:
 10 (a) the arrest of an accused;
 11 (b) the initial appearance of an accused before a judicial officer;
 12 (c) the release of an accused pending judicial proceedings; [and]
 13 (d) proceedings in the prosecution of the accused including entry of a
 14 plea of guilty, trial, sentencing, but prior to sentencing specific
 15 information shall be provided regarding the right to seek restitution
 16 and reparation, and where a term of imprisonment is imposed, specific
 17 information shall be provided regarding maximum and minimum terms of
 18 such imprisonment[.]; and
 19 (e) the death of the accused if such person dies during pending judi-
 20 cial proceedings or during any period of incarceration, parole or post-
 21 release supervision, or where there is an order of protection against
 22 the accused for the benefit of any victim or witness.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10112-03-5

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 1 § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 646-a of the executive
 2 law, as added by chapter 574 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (h) the [requirement] right of a victim or a surviving family member
 5 to [register with] be automatically notified of (i) a defendant's
 6 release from a state correctional facility, and (ii) parole board inter-
 7 views with a defendant, and the results of any such interviews; by the
 8 department of corrections and community supervision's office of victim
 9 assistance [if, at any time, they want to:
 10 (i) be notified of a defendant's release from a state correctional
 11 facility;
 12 (ii) be notified of parole board interviews with a defendant, and the
 13 results of any such interviews; or
 14 (iii)], and the right to provide or update a victim impact statement
 15 to the board of parole; and
 16 § 3. Section 221-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 17 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 18 7. The superintendent shall establish procedures for the notification
 19 of any parties named in an order of protection issued pursuant to the
 20 criminal procedure law or the family court act who were the victim of an
 21 offense or a witness to such offense committed by the subject of such
 22 order, upon the death of such person.
 23 § 4.