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NY S05586
Bill
Status
2/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Lanza
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AI Summary
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Expands the right to make victim impact statements to parole boards beyond crime victims to include family members (immediate family at least 16 years old) and interested parties designated by the sentencing judge
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Requires oral statements to parole boards be made directly to the board members who will determine whether the defendant is released, rather than having a single board member present a written report to the full board
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Mandates district attorneys notify family members and interested parties who request it about case dispositions and their rights to submit written, audiotaped, or videotaped statements or meet with parole board members
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Requires the parole board to provide toll-free telephone access for crime victims, family members, and interested parties
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Takes effect on the first of November following enactment
Legislative Description
Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board; provides that such oral statement shall be made to the members of the state board of parole who will determine whether the defendant is released.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026