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NY A02112
Bill
Status
1/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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AI Summary
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Establishes the New York State Justice Reinvestment Fund, jointly managed by the State Comptroller and Commissioner of Criminal Justice Services, to distribute grants to qualified entities.
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Defines qualified entities as not-for-profit or faith-based organizations providing services including inmate re-entry support, incarceration alternatives, family support programs, and community-based criminal justice collaborations.
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Requires qualified entities to be located in and primarily serve communities with higher than normal concentrations of offenders and ex-offenders, as determined by the commissioner, and must submit strategic plans detailing how their programs will reduce crime and recidivism.
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Appropriates $10,000,000 from the general fund to the Justice Reinvestment Fund for grant administration and distribution to qualified entities selected by the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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 correction
1/3/2024