NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4891

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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Mar 03, 2017	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2471
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7844, A9370
2015-2016: S356, A2943

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies the duty of the state board of parole in reporting parole statistics; specifies necessary information.

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4891

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the duties of the
state board of parole

 PURPOSE :

This bill directs the Board of Parole to add to their annual report
the demographic data of persons considered for release.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the executive law, section 259-c, subdivision 13.
Provides that the parole board shall publish demographic data
including race, ethnicity, region of commitment and other relevant
data regarding the persons it considers for release in its statutorily
required annual report to the governor and the legislature.

Section 2. Effective Date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The Board of Parole has reported that it does not track release
decisions by age, ethnicity or other standard criteria maintained by

the Department of Correctional Services. In a public hearing in 2013,
the Board chair testified that it has remained completely neutral with
respect to demographic comparisons in its parole release
decision-making process but admitted that the Board maintains no
demographic data to support that claim. The chair also testified that
the Board gives no special consideration to the characteristics of
inmates which are known to indicate a low risk of recidivism,
characteristics like age and category of crime, and has no ability to
make sure that discriminatory decisions are not being made based on
race, ethnicity, region of commitment, type of offense, age or gender.

The Board claims that race is not a factor in its decisions, but since
the Board has never documented race or other demographic data of
persons it considers for release, the Board cannot know whether it is
in fact as neutral as it purports to be. Because the Department of
Correctional Services documents and reports on the demographics of its
inmates in a large variety of categories, the ability to track such
data and report on it is already available at no additional cost to
taxpayers. The Board should be able to reflect on its own performance
and lay to rest any claims of disparate treatment.

 EXISTING LAW :

None.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.356 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION/A.2943-
passed assembly
2105: S.356- REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION/A.2943-
passed assembly
2014: S.7844 - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction/A.9370
Passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal to none in consideration of the fact that the data is already
tracked by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision,
and that the Board already is required to issue an annual report.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4891
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  DIAZ, HAMILTON -- 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 duties of the
   state board of parole
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  13 of section 259-c of the executive law, as
 amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   13. transmit a report of the work of the state board of parole for the
 preceding calendar year to the governor and  the  legislature  annually.
 SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE STATISTICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEMO-
 GRAPHICS OF PERSONS GRANTED RELEASE AND CONSIDERED FOR RELEASE TO COMMU-
 NITY SUPERVISION OR DEPORTATION,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  AGE,
 GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, REGION OF COMMITMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT CATEGO-
 RIES OF CLASSIFICATION AND COMMITMENT;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07275-01-7

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Senate Bill S4891

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Ruben Diaz

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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Jesse Hamilton

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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