New York S 142: Increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined

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S00142 Summary:

BILL NOS00142 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRHELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, TEDISCO, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §259-i, Exec L

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Enacts "Lorraine's Law"; increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined.

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BILL NOS00142 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 142

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, HELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, TEDISCO, WEIK
 -- 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 executive law, in relation to the time in which
 reconsideration for parole shall be determined in the case of
 convictions for murder in the first degree, aggravated murder, and
 murder in the second degree, where a sentence other than death or life
 imprisonment without parole is imposed

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Lorraine's
 2 Law".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. This legislation is named in the
 4 memory of Lorraine Miranda who was a native of Shirley, Long Island.
 5 Despite being afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, she graduated from high
 6 school, moved to Staten Island, New York and worked tirelessly to help
 7 disabled children at the Port Richmond branch of United Cerebral Palsy
 8 of New York while attending college at night. She was engaged and was
 9 planning her wedding. In a tragic turn, Lorraine Miranda was brutally
 10 murdered by her fiancee on December 5, 1988. She was only 24 years old.
 11 Her killer was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. He became eligi-
 12 ble for parole in 2003 and has since been denied seven times.
 13 Currently when parole is denied, the Parole Board has the discretion
 14 to set the date for reconsideration for parole for any date within two
 15 years of the denial of parole. In many cases, especially those involving
 16 heinous acts of murder in the first degree, aggravated murder, and
 17 murder in the second degree, parole will be denied numerous times.
 18 However, each time an inmate is considered for parole, the victim's
 19 family must relive the horror of the crime for the sake of impressing
 20 upon the Parole Board the inappropriateness of early release. Lorraine

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00572-01-5

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 1 Miranda's mother, who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress
 2 syndrome, has stated that the agony of reliving her daughter's death
 3 every 24 months is unbearable and is a major trigger of panic symptoms
 4 which interfere with her quality of life.
 5 It is not the intent of "Lorraine's Law" to in any way infringe upon
 6 the Parole Board's ability to allow for the current 24-month reconsider-
 7 ation period. It merely provides another option for the board to consid-
 8 er if it is apparent that nothing could transpire in the next five years
 9 that would cause them to render a different opinion regarding parole
 10 release. Only in these cases would the board have the ability to set the
 11 date for reconsideration anywhere between 24-months and 60-months which
 12 would afford grieving families a greater period of peace before having
 13 to testify at the next parole hearing.
 14 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 15 259-i of the executive law, as amended by section 14 of chapter 486 of
 16 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 17 (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at
 18 least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual
 19 may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal