New York A 3704: Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York

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A03704 Summary:

BILL NOA03704 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05823

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSRLupardo, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; provides commission study shall place emphasis on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, incarcerated individual deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.

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BILL NOA03704 

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01/30/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3704

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, LUPARDO, KELLES -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Correction

 AN ACT in relation to creating a temporary state commission relating to
 local correctional facilities in upstate New York; and providing for
 the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
 2 make recommendations relating to local correctional facilities located
 3 outside of the boundaries of a city with a population of more than one
 4 million people. The commission will place particular emphasis on medical
 5 and mental health care (including the use of private contractors), over-
 6 crowding, incarcerated individuals' deaths, use of force, restraints,
 7 and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement,
 8 but will not be restricted to those topics.
 9 § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 10 follows:
 11 a. The chairperson of the temporary state commission of correction
 12 established pursuant to section one of this act and the executive direc-
 13 tor of the independent agency which conducts and coordinates the
 14 protection and advocacy and client assistance programs, as established
 15 pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 558 of the executive law and
 16 federal law, or their representatives;
 17 b. Nine members to be appointed as follows: three shall be appointed
 18 by the governor; two shall be appointed by the temporary president of
 19 the senate and one by the minority leader of the senate; and two shall
 20 be appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority
 21 leader of the assembly. Of the three members appointed by the governor,
 22 none shall be an elected official or current employee of a local correc-
 23 tional facility or other branch of county government. Such nine members
 24 of the commission must reside in counties under the purview of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07372-01-5

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 1 commission. Vacancies in the appointed membership of the commission
 2 shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
 3 c. Membership on the commission shall not constitute a public office.
 4 The governor shall appoint the chair of the commission.
 5 § 3. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 6 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 7 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
 8 § 4. The members of the commission shall be given unrestricted access
 9 to all local correctional facilities in the state, including the ability
 10 to conduct confidential interviews of incarcerated individuals and
 11 employees of such facilities and to receive unredacted copies of any
 12 documents maintained by such facilities, although documents that are
 13 confidential under state or federal law may not be disclosed to individ-
 14 uals or organizations otherwise unauthorized to obtain such documents by
 15 the commission or its members. The commission shall also hold at least
 16 one public hearing in each of the cities of Albany, Buffalo, Platts-
 17 burgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica, and sh