New York S 3978: Relates to establishing emergency release protocols during a time of crisis

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S03978 Summary:

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Relates to establishing emergency release protocols during a time of crisis including during a state disaster emergency which places the lives, health or well-being of people in custody at risk.

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BILL NOS03978 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3978

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, COMRIE -- 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 emergen-
 cy release protocols during a time of crisis

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 807
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 807. Emergency release during a time of crisis. 1. During a state
 4 disaster emergency, as defined in article two-B of the executive law,
 5 which places the lives, health or well-being of people in custody at
 6 risk, the commissioner shall have the authority to release to community
 7 supervision any person in custody who:
 8 (a) is within two years of their earliest release date, has a reason-
 9 ably stable living situation upon release, does not pose an unreasonable
 10 public safety risk and appears to be rehabilitated, is immunocompromised
 11 or has a disability as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision twenty-
 12 one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law;
 13 (b) is a pregnant person or a person participating in the nursery
 14 program at a correctional facility who does not pose an unreasonable
 15 public safety risk and has a reasonably stable living situation upon
 16 release; or
 17 (c) is a person over the age of fifty-five that has completed at least
 18 one half of their term or minimum term of sentence who has a reasonably
 19 stable living situation upon release and does not pose an unreasonable
 20 public safety risk.
 21 2. Any individual released under these emergency circumstances shall
 22 remain under community supervision, unless such supervision is revoked
 23 pursuant to subdivision three of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the
 24 executive law, for the remainder of their sentence or until such time

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08317-01-5

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 1 that the commissioner decides it is appropriate to terminate such super-
 2 vision pursuant to the limitations set forth in section two hundred five
 3 of this chapter.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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