STATE OF NEW YORK
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4705
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, GANDOLFO, WALSH, ANGELINO, SMULLEN,
PALMESANO, DURSO, GALLAHAN, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MORINELLO, BENDETT,
MANKTELOW, REILLY, GRAY, MIKULIN, TANNOUSIS, TAGUE, SIMPSON, E. BROWN,
SLATER, RA, BEEPHAN, NOVAKHOV, FRIEND, BLUMENCRANZ, LEMONDES, MILLER,
K. BROWN, GIGLIO, FITZPATRICK, MAHER, BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in
relation to the use of records and information in the family court;
and to repeal certain provisions of the criminal procedure law relat-
ing thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section 722.23
2 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 1-a of part WWW of
3 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
4 (d) The court shall deny the motion to prevent removal of the action
5 in youth part unless the court makes a determination upon receiving and
6 considering the records and information on file with the family court
7 and upon such motion by the district attorney that [extraordinary] one
8 or more circumstances exist that should prevent the transfer of the
9 action to family court including, but not limited to:
10 (i) the defendant caused serious physical injury or death to a person
11 other than a participant in the offense; or
12 (ii) the defendant displayed or displayed what appeared to be a
13 firearm, shotgun, rifle or deadly weapon as defined in the penal law in
14 furtherance of such offense; or
15 (iii) the defendant possessed a firearm or weapon as prescribed in
16 article two hundred sixty-five or article four hundred ninety of the
17 penal law; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (iv) the defendant unlawfully engaged in sexual intercourse, oral
2 sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or sexual contact as defined in
3 section 130.00 of the penal law.
4 (f) For the purposes of this section, [there shall be a presumption
5 against custody and] case planning services shall be made available to
6 the defendant.
7 § 2. Paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 722.23 of
8 the criminal procedure law, as added by section 1-a of part WWW of chap-
9 ter 59 of the laws of 2017 and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) as
10 amended by section 1 of part AA of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, are
11 amended to read as follows:
12 (c) The court shall order the action to [proceed in accordance with
13 subdivision one of this section] remain in youth part unless, after
14 reviewing the papers and hearing from the parties, the court determines
15 in writing that [the district attorney proved by a preponderance of the
16 evidence one or more of the following as set forth in the accusatory
17 instrument:
18 (i) the defendant caused significant physical injury to a person other
19 than a participant in the offense; or
20 (ii) the defendant displayed a firearm, shotgun, rifle or deadly weap-
21 on as defined in the penal law in furtherance of such offense; or
22 (iii) the defendant unlawfully engaged in vaginal sexual contact, oral
23 sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or sexual contact as defined in
24 section 130.00 of the penal law.
25 (d) Where the court makes a determination that the action shall not
26 proceed in accordance with subdivision one of this section, such] all
27 parties agree that the action may be removed to family court in accord-
28 ance with subdivision five of section 722.21 of this article. Such
29 determination shall be made in writing [or] and on the record and shall
30 include findings of fact and to the extent practicable conclusions of
31 law.
32 [(e)] (d) Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude, and the court
33 may order, the removal of an action to family court where all parties
34 agree or pursuant to this chapter.
35 § 3. Section 725.15 of the criminal procedure law is REPEALED.
36 § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 350.3 of the family court act, as added
37 by section 70-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
38 amended to read as follows:
39 4. The victim has the right to make a statement with regard to any
40 matter relevant to the question of disposition. If the victim chooses to
41 make a statement, such individual shall notify the court at least ten
42 days prior to the date of the dispositional hearing. The court shall
43 notify the respondent no less than seven days prior to the dispositional
44 hearing of the victim's intent to make a statement. The victim shall
45 [not] be made aware of the final disposition of the case.
46 § 5. Section 381.2 of the family court act, as added by chapter 920 of
47 the laws of 1982 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 926 of the laws
48 of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
49 § 381.2. Use of records in other courts. [1. Neither the fact that a
50 person was before the family court under this article for a hearing nor
51 any confession, admission or statement made by him to the court or to
52 any officer thereof in any stage of the proceeding is admissible as
53 evidence against him or his interests in any other court.
54 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, another] Another
55 court[, in imposing sentence upon an adult after conviction] may receive
56 and consider the records and information on file with the family court,
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1 unless such records and information have been sealed pursuant to section
2 375.1.
3 § 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 381.3 of the family
4 court act, as amended by chapter 926 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (b) if the respondent is subsequently convicted of a crime or
7 arraigned pursuant to section 722.21 of the criminal procedure law, to a
8 judge of the court in which [he] such respondent was convicted, unless
9 such record has been sealed pursuant to section 375.1.
10 § 7. Paragraph (g-1) of subdivision 5 of section 220.10 of the crimi-
11 nal procedure law, as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 2021, is
12 amended to read as follows:
13 (g-1) Where a defendant is an adolescent offender, the provisions of
14 paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this subdivision shall [not] apply.
15 Where the plea is to an offense constituting a misdemeanor, the plea
16 shall be deemed replaced by an order of fact-finding in a juvenile
17 delinquency proceeding, pursuant to section 346.1 of the family court
18 act, and the action shall be removed to the family court in accordance
19 with article seven hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Where the plea
20 is to an offense constituting a felony, the court may remove the action
21 to the family court in accordance with section 722.23 and article seven
22 hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
23 § 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
24 have become a law.
