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NY S00104
Bill
Status
1/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Ruben Diaz
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AI Summary
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Establishes the New York State Justice Reinvestment Fund under joint custody of the State Comptroller and Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services to distribute grants to qualified entities.
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Creates the New York State Justice Reinvestment Program to fund not-for-profit and faith-based organizations providing re-entry support, incarceration alternatives, family support programs, and community-based criminal justice collaborative programs.
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Limits qualified entities to organizations located in and primarily serving communities with higher than normal concentrations of offenders and ex-offenders, as determined by the Commissioner.
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Requires qualified entities to submit strategic plans demonstrating how their programs will reduce crime and recidivism in targeted communities.
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Appropriates $10,000,000 from the general fund to the Justice Reinvestment Fund for grant administration by the Division of Criminal Justice Services, effective immediately.
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
REFERRED TO FINANCE
1/5/2011