NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A6553C

Assembly Bill A6553C

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to comprehensive services to individuals with a persistent pattern of involvement in the New York city criminal justice system

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 23, 2025	print number 6553c
Apr 23, 2025	amend and recommit to correction
Apr 01, 2025	print number 6553b
Apr 01, 2025	amend and recommit to correction
Mar 18, 2025	print number 6553a
Mar 18, 2025	amend and recommit to correction
Mar 06, 2025	referred to correction

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2025-A6553 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §9-313, NYC Ad Cd; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L; add §259-u, Exec L

2025-A6553 - Summary

Directs the New York city mayor's office of criminal justice to provide comprehensive services to 9,000 individuals identified as having a persistent pattern of involvement in the New York city criminal justice system; provides that income from vocational programs shall not be considered for purposes of determining public assistance.

2025-A6553 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6553
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the administrative code of the city of New York, the
   social services law and the executive law, in  relation  to  providing
   comprehensive  services  to  individuals  with a persistent pattern of
   involvement in the criminal justice  system;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "the  9,000
 act".
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
   § 9-313 COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM.  1.  THE  OFFICE
 SHALL  IDENTIFY  NO  MORE  THAN  NINETY-FIVE  HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS WITH A
 PERSISTENT PATTERN OF ARREST AND FAILURE TO  APPEAR  IN  COURT  AND,  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH: THE OFFICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION
 OF GUN VIOLENCE, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  MENTAL  HYGIENE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES, THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL   JUSTICE
 SERVICES,  THE  STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE
 STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE  STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE STATE OFFICE OF
 ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, ENGAGE WITH AS MANY OF SUCH  IDENTIFIED
 INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  EDUCATION,  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING,  HOUSING, FINANCIAL
 SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE.  NO  PROVISION  OF  SERVICES
 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINGENT ON A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
   2.  ANY  INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED BY THE OFFICE WHO STANDS CHARGED WITH A
 VIOLATION OR A MISDEMEANOR SHALL BE OFFERED A PLEA  IN  SATISFACTION  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09503-03-5

 A. 6553                             2
 
 SUCH  CHARGES  IF  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  AGREES  TO  AND PARTICIPATES IN THE
 COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION AND
 WHO  IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR
 RELEASE TO  POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE  EXPIRATION  OF  THEIR
 FULL  TERM  OF IMPRISONMENT OR MAXIMUM TERM FOR PAROLE SHALL BE ENTITLED
 TO SUCH RELIEF ON THE CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN  THE  PROGRAM  UNDER
 THIS  SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION MAY EXERCISE DISCRETION IN ALLOWING THE RELEASE OF
 PERSONS CONVICTED OF  THE  FOLLOWING  OFFENSES:  (A)  A  VIOLENT  FELONY
 OFFENSE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW; (B) MURDER IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE OR MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (C) AN OFFENSE  DEFINED  IN
 ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW; (D) UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT
 IN THE FIRST DEGREE, KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE,  OR  KIDNAPPING  IN
 THE  SECOND DEGREE, IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD
 AND THE OFFENDER IS NOT THE PARENT OF THE VICTIM; (E) AN OFFENSE DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW INVOLVING  THE  PROSTITU-
 TION  OF  A PERSON LESS THAN NINETEEN YEARS OLD; (F) DISSEMINATING INDE-
 CENT MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE FIRST DEGREE  OR  DISSEMINATING  INDECENT
 MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (G) AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTI-
 CLE  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF THE PENAL LAW; OR (H) A HATE CRIME AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   4. EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT  ON  OUTCOMES  OF
 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH RESPECT TO RE-ARRESTS, HEALTH, HOUSING SECURI-
 TY,  AND  EDUCATIONAL  OUTCOMES,  INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EACH
 SERVICE AND THE PROBABILITY OF RE-ARREST.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section  131-a  of  the  social
 services  law  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as
 follows:
   (XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT LIVING
 WITH A PARENT OR OTHER CARETAKER RELATIVE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PARTIC-
 IPATION  IN  A  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYMENT  PROGRAM  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  SERVICES  PROVIDED  THROUGH  A  RECIDIVISM  PREVENTION
 PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF  THE  CITY  OF
 NEW YORK.
   §  4.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
 read as follows:
   § 259-U. PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IDEN-
 TIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ANY INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE OF SENTENCE PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTICLE
 SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  AND  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE FROM
 PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR RELEASE TO A  PERIOD
 OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION ON CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
 PROVIDED  FOR BY SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.

2025-A6553A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §9-313, NYC Ad Cd; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L; add §259-u, Exec L

2025-A6553A - Summary

2025-A6553A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6553--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Correction  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
   social  services  law  and the executive law, in relation to providing
   comprehensive services to individuals with  a  persistent  pattern  of
   involvement  in  the  criminal  justice  system; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "the 9,000
 act".
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
   § 9-313 COMPREHENSIVE  SERVICES  TO  PREVENT RECIDIVISM. 1. THE OFFICE
 SHALL IDENTIFY NO MORE  THAN  NINETY-FIVE  HUNDRED  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  A
 PERSISTENT  PATTERN  OF  ARREST  AND  FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT AND, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH: THE OFFICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE  PREVENTION
 OF  GUN  VIOLENCE,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES,  THE
 DEPARTMENT   OF  EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES, THE STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE
 STATE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
 EDUCATION, THE STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE  STATE  OFFICE  OF
 ADDICTION  SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, ENGAGE WITH AS MANY OF SUCH IDENTIFIED
 INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED  TO,  EDUCATION,  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING,  HOUSING,  FINANCIAL
 SUPPORT,  HEALTHCARE,  AND  MENTAL  HEALTHCARE. NO PROVISION OF SERVICES
 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINGENT ON A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09503-04-5
 A. 6553--A                          2

 
   2. ANY INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED BY THE OFFICE WHO STANDS CHARGED  WITH  A
 VIOLATION OR A MISDEMEANOR MAY BE OFFERED A PLEA IN SATISFACTION OF SUCH
 CHARGES  IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL AGREES TO AND PARTICIPATES IN THE COMPREHEN-
 SIVE SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION AND
 WHO  IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR
 RELEASE TO  POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE  EXPIRATION  OF  THEIR
 FULL  TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR MAXIMUM TERM FOR PAROLE MAY BE ENTITLED TO
 SUCH RELIEF ON THE CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM UNDER  THIS
 SECTION;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF CORRECTIONS AND
 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION MAY EXERCISE DISCRETION IN ALLOWING THE RELEASE OF
 PERSONS CONVICTED OF  THE  FOLLOWING  OFFENSES:  (A)  A  VIOLENT  FELONY
 OFFENSE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02 OF THE PENAL LAW; (B) MURDER IN THE
 FIRST DEGREE OR MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (C) AN OFFENSE  DEFINED  IN
 ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW; (D) UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT
 IN THE FIRST DEGREE, KIDNAPPING IN THE FIRST DEGREE,  OR  KIDNAPPING  IN
 THE  SECOND DEGREE, IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD
 AND THE OFFENDER IS NOT THE PARENT OF THE VICTIM; (E) AN OFFENSE DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW INVOLVING  THE  PROSTITU-
 TION  OF  A PERSON LESS THAN NINETEEN YEARS OLD; (F) DISSEMINATING INDE-
 CENT MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE FIRST DEGREE  OR  DISSEMINATING  INDECENT
 MATERIAL TO MINORS IN THE SECOND DEGREE; (G) AN OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTI-
 CLE  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF THE PENAL LAW; OR (H) A HATE CRIME AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   4. EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT  ON  OUTCOMES  OF
 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH RESPECT TO RE-ARRESTS, HEALTH, HOUSING SECURI-
 TY,  AND  EDUCATIONAL  OUTCOMES,  INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EACH
 SERVICE AND THE PROBABILITY OF RE-ARREST.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section  131-a  of  the  social
 services  law  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as
 follows:
   (XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT LIVING
 WITH A PARENT OR OTHER CARETAKER RELATIVE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PARTIC-
 IPATION  IN  A  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYMENT  PROGRAM  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  SERVICES  PROVIDED  THROUGH  A  RECIDIVISM  PREVENTION
 PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF  THE  CITY  OF
 NEW YORK.
   §  4.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
 read as follows:
   § 259-U. PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IDEN-
 TIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ANY INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE OF SENTENCE PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTICLE
 SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  AND  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE FROM
 PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR RELEASE TO A  PERIOD
 OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION ON CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
 PROVIDED  FOR BY SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.

2025-A6553B - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §9-313, NYC Ad Cd; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L; add §259-u, Exec L

2025-A6553B - Summary

2025-A6553B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6553--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Correction  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the administrative code of the city of New York, the
   social services law and the executive law, in  relation  to  providing
   comprehensive  services  to  individuals  with a persistent pattern of
   involvement in the criminal justice  system;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "the  9,000
 act".
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
   § 9-313 COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM.  1.  THE  OFFICE
 SHALL  IDENTIFY  NO  MORE  THAN  NINETY-FIVE  HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS WITH A
 PERSISTENT PATTERN OF ARREST AND FAILURE TO  APPEAR  IN  COURT  AND,  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH: THE OFFICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION
 OF GUN VIOLENCE, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  MENTAL  HYGIENE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES, THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL   JUSTICE
 SERVICES,  THE  STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE
 STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE  STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE STATE OFFICE OF
 ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, ENGAGE WITH AS MANY OF SUCH  IDENTIFIED
 INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO,  EDUCATION,  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING,  HOUSING, FINANCIAL
 SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE.  NO  PROVISION  OF  SERVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09503-06-5
 A. 6553--B                          2

 
 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINGENT ON A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
   2.  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  IDENTIFIED  BY  THE OFFICE FOR WHOM AN ACCUSATORY
 INSTRUMENT IS FILED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE MAY  BE  OFFERED  A  PLEA  IN
 SATISFACTION  OF  SUCH  CHARGES IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL AGREES TO AND PARTIC-
 IPATES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION AND
 WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE  OR
 RELEASE  TO    POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR
 FULL TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR MAXIMUM TERM FOR PAROLE  MAY  RECEIVE  SUCH
 RELIEF  ON  THE  CONDITION  OF  PARTICIPATION  IN THE PROGRAM UNDER THIS
 SECTION.
   4. EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT  ON  OUTCOMES  OF
 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH RESPECT TO RE-ARRESTS, HEALTH, HOUSING SECURI-
 TY,  AND  EDUCATIONAL  OUTCOMES,  INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EACH
 SERVICE AND THE PROBABILITY OF RE-ARREST.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section  131-a  of  the  social
 services  law  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as
 follows:
   (XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT LIVING
 WITH A PARENT OR OTHER CARETAKER RELATIVE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PARTIC-
 IPATION  IN  A  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYMENT  PROGRAM  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  SERVICES  PROVIDED  THROUGH  A  RECIDIVISM  PREVENTION
 PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF  THE  CITY  OF
 NEW YORK.
   §  4.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
 read as follows:
   § 259-U. PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IDEN-
 TIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ANY INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE OF SENTENCE PURSUANT TO  THIS  ARTICLE
 MAY  RECEIVE  AN  ABSOLUTE  DISCHARGE  FROM PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE,
 CONDITIONAL RELEASE OR RELEASE TO A PERIOD OF  POST-RELEASE  SUPERVISION
 ON  CONDITION  OF  PARTICIPATION  IN THE PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION
 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.

2025-A6553C (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Correction
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §9-313, NYC Ad Cd; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L; add §259-u, Exec L

2025-A6553C (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-A6553C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6553--C
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Correction  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  the
   social  services  law  and the executive law, in relation to providing
   comprehensive services to individuals with  a  persistent  pattern  of
   involvement  in  the  criminal  justice  system; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "the 9,000
 act".
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
   § 9-313 COMPREHENSIVE  SERVICES  TO  PREVENT RECIDIVISM. 1. THE OFFICE
 SHALL IDENTIFY NO MORE  THAN  NINETY-FIVE  HUNDRED  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  A
 PERSISTENT  PATTERN  OF  ARREST  AND  FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT AND, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH: THE OFFICE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THE  PREVENTION
 OF  GUN  VIOLENCE,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES,  THE
 DEPARTMENT   OF  EDUCATION,  THE  STATE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES, THE STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE
 STATE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
 EDUCATION, THE STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE  STATE  OFFICE  OF
 ADDICTION  SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, ENGAGE WITH AS MANY OF SUCH IDENTIFIED
 INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED  TO,  EDUCATION,  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING,  HOUSING,  FINANCIAL
 SUPPORT,  HEALTHCARE,  AND  MENTAL  HEALTHCARE. NO PROVISION OF SERVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09503-07-5

 A. 6553--C                          2
 
 UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE CONTINGENT ON A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OF
 SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
   2.  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  IDENTIFIED  BY  THE OFFICE FOR WHOM AN ACCUSATORY
 INSTRUMENT IS FILED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF  THE
 DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  BE OFFERED A PLEA IN SATISFACTION OF SUCH CHARGES IF
 SUCH INDIVIDUAL AGREES TO AND PARTICIPATES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES
 PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IDENTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION AND
 WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESUMPTIVE RELEASE, PAROLE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE  OR
 RELEASE  TO    POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR
 FULL TERM OF  IMPRISONMENT  OR  MAXIMUM  TERM  FOR  PAROLE  MAY  AT  THE
 DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY RECEIVE SUCH RELIEF ON THE CONDITION
 OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION.
   4.  EVERY  FIVE  YEARS, THE OFFICE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON OUTCOMES OF
 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH RESPECT TO RE-ARRESTS, HEALTH, HOUSING SECURI-
 TY, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, INCLUDING  THE  ASSOCIATION  BETWEEN  EACH
 SERVICE AND THE PROBABILITY OF RE-ARREST.
   §  3.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT LIVING
 WITH A PARENT OR OTHER CARETAKER RELATIVE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PARTIC-
 IPATION  IN  A  VOCATIONAL  TRAINING  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYMENT  PROGRAM  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  SERVICES  PROVIDED  THROUGH  A  RECIDIVISM  PREVENTION
 PROGRAM  UNDER  SECTION  9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK.
   § 4. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  259-u  to
 read as follows:
   § 259-U. PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IDEN-
 TIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ANY INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUAL  ELIGIBLE  FOR DISCHARGE OF SENTENCE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
 MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE  GRANTING  AUTHORITY  RECEIVE  AN  ABSOLUTE
 DISCHARGE  FROM  PRESUMPTIVE  RELEASE,  PAROLE,  CONDITIONAL  RELEASE OR
 RELEASE TO A PERIOD OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION ON CONDITION OF  PARTIC-
 IPATION  IN THE PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 9-313 OF THE ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.

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