File #: Int 1241-2025    Version: * Name: Department of correction early release 6A program.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Criminal Justice
On agenda: 4/10/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of correction early release 6A program
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Gale A. Brewer
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Correction to conduct a study to determine any inefficiencies in the early release program established in accordance with Article 6A of the New York State Correction Law that permits sentenced individuals to be released from jail and serve the remainder of their sentence at home, under supervision. As part of the study, the Department of Correction would be required to develop recommendations for how to address those inefficiencies and expand the program to its fullest potential. It would also require the Department of Correction to produce a quarterly report on use of the early release (6A) program including the number of individuals who were considered for the program, accepted into the program and released, and rejected for the program.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1241, 2. Int. No. 1241, 3. April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Committee Report 4/16/25, 5. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 6. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB

Int. No. 1241

 

By Council Members Nurse and Brewer

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of correction early release 6A program

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-169 to read as follows:

§ 9-169 Early release (6A) program.

a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Early release (6A) program. The term “early release (6A) program” means a program established in accordance with Article 6A of the New York State Correction Law to permit sentenced individuals to be released from jail and serve the remainder of their sentence at home, under supervision.

b. The department shall conduct a study to determine any inefficiencies in the early release (6A) program, as currently constituted, and develop recommendations regarding how to address those inefficiencies and expand the program to its fullest potential, No later than September 1, 2025, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post on the department’s website a report on the findings of the study conducted and recommendations made pursuant to this subdivision.

c. No later than August 15, 2025 and every three months thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor, the speaker of the council, and the board of correction, and post on the department’s website, a report regarding the utilization of the early release (6A) program. Such reports shall include, but need not be limited to, for the preceding calendar quarter:

1. The number of incarcerated persons serving a city jail sentence, disaggregated by city jail;

2. The number of incarcerated persons considered for the early release (6A) program, disaggregated by city jail;

3. The number of incarcerated persons serving a jail sentence who were considered for the early release (6A) program and were accepted into the program and released, disaggregated by city jail;

4. A recapitulation of the number of incarcerated persons, calendar year to date, who have been considered for the program, accepted into the program and released, were rejected for the program, disaggregated by city jail

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately upon enactment.

 

 

 

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