New York S 9846: Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older

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S09846 Summary:

BILL NOS09846 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00514

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRSALAZAR, BAILEY, BASKIN, BOTTCHER, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER,
 PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §259-c, Exec L

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Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.

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BILL NOS09846 

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04/08/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9846

 IN SENATE

 April 8, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, SALAZAR, BAILEY, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK,
 COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
 HAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE,
 PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY,
 WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to parole eligibility for
 certain incarcerated persons aged fifty-five or older

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

 1 Section 1. Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding two
 2 new subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
 3 18. notwithstanding any other section of law, where a person serving a
 4 sentence of incarceration has served at least fifteen years of their
 5 sentence or sentences and has reached the age of fifty-five or greater,
 6 conduct an interview within sixty days of the date of the person's
 7 fifty-fifth birthday or the last day of the fifteenth year of their
 8 sentence, whichever is later, pursuant to section two hundred fifty-
 9 nine-i of this article to determine whether such person should be
 10 released to community supervision. If the board determines that release
 11 is appropriate pursuant to the terms of section two hundred
 12 fifty-nine-i of this article, then the board shall release the person to
 13 community supervision. If release to community supervision is not
 14 granted, the person shall be informed in writing within two weeks of
 15 such appearance of the factors and reasons for the denial of such
 16 release and the board shall specify a date not more than twenty-four
 17 months from such determination for reconsideration, and the procedures
 18 to be followed upon reconsideration shall be the same. If release to
 19 community supervision is granted, the board shall set release conditions
 20 and the provisions of this section shall otherwise apply as though the
 21 person was released after the completion of such person's minimum
 22 sentence. The release assessment and determination required by this
 23 subdivision shall be in addition to, and may not replace, other release
 24 assessments and determinations required by law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00225-01-5

 S. 9846 2

 1 19. submit reports, quarterly, to the governor, the temporary presi-
 2 dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of
 3 the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the chairperson of the
 4 senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction, and the chair-
 5 person of the assembly committee on correction. Such reports shall
 6 include: (i) the number of parole interviews held pursuant to the
 7 requirements of subdivision eighteen of this section; (ii) the outcomes
 8 of parole interviews held pursuant to the requirements of subdivision
 9 eighteen of this section; and (iii) where parole was denied following an
 10 interview held pursuant to the requirements of subdivision eighteen of
 11 this section, the articulated reasons for each denial, the members of
 12 the board assigned in each case and a record of their vot