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NY A00045
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Burdick
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AI Summary
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Allows incarcerated individuals over age 62 who have served at least 5 years of their sentence to opt out of prison work assignments and programs
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Provides a $30 monthly retirement stipend to eligible individuals who choose to stop working
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Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to notify eligible individuals of their retirement option and document in writing if they decline
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Individuals who initially refuse the retirement benefit may later elect to receive it with 30 days written notice
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Does not exempt individuals from completing programs required for parole release, though eligible individuals waiting for program openings may stop working in the interim
Legislative Description
Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/7/2026