STATE OF NEW YORK
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5705--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, BURDICK, D. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, ZINER-
MAN, REYES, SIMON, DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to
work related labor protests not being considered a parole violation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 210
2 to read as follows:
3 § 210. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive
4 release, parole, conditional release or release to post-release super-
5 vision, such person shall not be deemed to be in violation of and the
6 department shall not terminate such granted presumptive release, parole,
7 conditional release or release to post-release supervision solely
8 because such person participated in work related labor protests, or in a
9 lawful labor dispute, strike or other concerted stoppage of work or
10 slowdown pursuant to article twenty of the labor law or the national
11 labor relations act (29 U.S.C. sections 151 et. seq.).
12 § 2. Section 274 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
13 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
14 11. The commission, or any member thereof, shall not determine that a
15 person who has been conditionally released has lapsed into criminal ways
16 or company, or has violated one or more conditions of conditional
17 release because such person participated in work related labor protests,
18 or in a lawful labor dispute, strike or other concerted stoppage of work
19 or slowdown pursuant to article twenty of the labor law or the national
20 labor relations act (29 U.S.C. sections 151 et. seq.).
21 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-t to
22 read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03771-02-1
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1 § 259-t. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive
2 release, parole, conditional release, release to post-release super-
3 vision or any other type of supervised release, the state board of
4 parole shall not deem a person to be in violation of and the state board
5 of parole shall not terminate such granted presumptive release, parole,
6 conditional release, release to post-release supervision or any other
7 type of supervised release solely because such person participated in
8 work related labor protests, or in a lawful labor dispute, strike or
9 other concerted stoppage of work or slowdown pursuant to article twenty
10 of the labor law or the national labor relations act (29 U.S.C. sections
11 151 et. seq.).
12 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
