Add §9-313, NYC Ad Cd; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L; add §259-u, Exec L
Directs the New York city mayor's office of criminal justice to provide comprehensive services to 9,000 individuals identified as having a persistent pattern of involvement in the New York city criminal justice system; provides that income from vocational programs shall not be considered for purposes of determining public assistance.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6553C
SPONSOR: Rajkumar TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the
social services law and the executive law, in relation to providing
comprehensive services to individuals with a persistent pattern of
involvement in the criminal justice system; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To rehabilitate people in the city of New York with a persistent pattern
of involvement with the criminal justice system.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 is the bill title.
Section 2 amends the administrative code of the city of New York by
adding a new section 9-313 providing for a new program to prevent reci-
divism among about 9,000 people with a pattern of arrests and failures
to appear. It states that participation in such a program may satisfy
charges or conditions of parole.
Section 3 amends Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
social services law by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) stating income
earned pursuant to the program shall not be included in calculating
benefits.
Section 4 amends the executive law by adding a new section 259-u regard-
ing participation in the program as a condition of discharge from
sentence.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
The C-print clarifies conditions of satisfying charges or parole.
JUSTIFICATION:
The New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice identified approxi-
mately 9,000 people with a persistent pattern of arrest and failure to
make court appearances who comprise an outsized number of arrests,
including 60% of petit larceny and 57% of felony burglary. Of them,
about 2,000 ultimately are charged with a violent felony. MOCJ noted
that the individuals generally had a heightened level of need and
concluded intensive wraparound services, as opposed to incarceration,
would be the best intervention for most of their rehabilitation.
The 9,000 Act directs New York City in conjunction with the State to
develop an intensive rehabilitation intervention for these identified
individuals, promoting public safety while bringing New Yorkers the
support they need.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6553--C
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the
social services law and the executive law, in relation to providing
comprehensive services to individuals with a persistent pattern of
involvement in the criminal justice system; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the 9,000
2 act".
3 § 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
4 adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:
5 § 9-313 Comprehensive services to prevent recidivism. 1. The office
6 shall identify no more than ninety-five hundred individuals with a
7 persistent pattern of arrest and failure to appear in court and, in
8 conjunction with: the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention
9 of gun violence, the department of health and mental hygiene, the
10 department of social services, the department of homeless services, the
11 department of education, the state division of criminal justice
12 services, the state office of temporary and disability assistance, the
13 state office of children and family services, the state department of
14 education, the state office of mental health, and the state office of
15 addiction services and supports, engage with as many of such identified
16 individuals as possible to provide comprehensive services including, but
17 not limited to, education, vocational training, housing, financial
18 support, healthcare, and mental healthcare. No provision of services
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 under this program shall be contingent on a criminal background check of
2 such individuals.
3 2. Any individual identified by the office for whom an accusatory
4 instrument is filed on behalf of the state may at the discretion of the
5 district attorney be offered a plea in satisfaction of such charges if
6 such individual agrees to and participates in the comprehensive services
7 program under this section.
8 3. An incarcerated individual who is identified under this section and
9 who is eligible for presumptive release, parole, conditional release or
10 release to post-release supervision prior to the expiration of their
11 full term of imprisonment or maximum term for parole may at the
12 discretion of the district attorney receive such relief on the condition
13 of participation in the program under this section.
14 4. Every five years, the office shall issue a report on outcomes of
15 program participants with respect to re-arrests, health, housing securi-
16 ty, and educational outcomes, including the association between each
17 service and the probability of re-arrest.
18 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
19 services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as
20 follows:
21 (xiv) all of the income of a dependent child or dependent adult living
22 with a parent or other caretaker relative, which is derived from partic-
23 ipation in a vocational training or other employment program in
24 connection with services provided through a recidivism prevention
25 program under section 9-313 of the administrative code of the city of
26 New York.
27 § 4. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to
28 read as follows:
29 § 259-u. Parole eligibility for certain incarcerated individuals iden-
30 tified by the New York city office of criminal justice. Any incarcerated
31 individual eligible for discharge of sentence pursuant to this article
32 may at the discretion of the granting authority receive an absolute
33 discharge from presumptive release, parole, conditional release or
34 release to a period of post-release supervision on condition of partic-
35 ipation in the program provided for by section 9-313 of the administra-
36 tive code of the city of New York.
37 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
38 deemed repealed ten years after it shall have become a law.
