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A06294 Summary:

BILL NOA06294 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPeoples-Stokes

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §99-ss, St Fin L; add §844, Exec L

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Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

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03/03/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6294

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
 to establishing the New York state justice reinvestment fund and the
 New York state justice reinvestment program; and making an appropri-
 ation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 99-ss to read as follows:
 3 § 99-ss. New York state justice reinvestment fund. 1. There is hereby
 4 established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the
 5 commissioner of the division of criminal justice services an account to
 6 be known as the New York state justice reinvestment fund.
 7 2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the purpose
 8 of such fund, all other moneys credited or transferred to such fund
 9 pursuant to law, all moneys required by the provisions of this section
 10 or any other law to be paid into or credited to such fund, and all
 11 moneys received by the fund or donated to it.
 12 3. Moneys of such fund shall be available for appropriation and allo-
 13 cation to the division of criminal justice services for purposes of
 14 distributing such moneys to qualified entities of the New York state
 15 justice reinvestment program pursuant to section eight hundred forty-
 16 four of the executive law.
 17 4. Moneys shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comp-
 18 troller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of crimi-
 19 nal justice services.
 20 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 844 to read
 21 as follows:
 22 § 844. New York state justice reinvestment program. 1. Creation and
 23 purposes. The commissioner shall establish within the division a New

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02059-01-5

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 1 York state justice reinvestment program. The purpose of the program is
 2 to have state and local criminal justice agencies, and as part of a
 3 larger effort including courts, district attorneys and criminal defense
 4 offices, to work in partnership with not-for-profit organizations and
 5 faith-based organizations in the community on issues such as re-entry
 6 into the community for incarcerated individuals, incarceration alterna-
 7 tives, family support programs for offenders and ex-offenders, as well
 8 as other issues related to improving the role of the criminal justice
 9 system in our communities.
 10 2. Qualified entity. (a) A qualified entity shall be either a not-for-
 11 profit organization or faith-based organization providing one or more of
 12 the following services:
 13 (i) re-entry support for incarcerated individuals returning to the
 14 community, including, but not limited to job development and housing
 15 assistance;
 16 (ii) incarceration alternatives, including, but not limited to commu-
 17 nity service programs, community youth court, alternative high schools,
 18 service-enriched supportive housing and community based drug treatment
 19 programs;
 20 (iii) family support, including, but not limited to
 21 fatherhood/parenting programs, for offenders and ex-offenders; and
 22 (iv) community based collaborative programs with criminal justice
 23 agencies.
 24 (b) A qualified entit