259 – Definitions.
§ 259. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. “Board” means the state board of parole. 2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision. 3. “Community supervision” means the supervision of individuals released into the community on temporary release, presumptive release, parole, […]
259-A – State Board of Parole; Funding.
§ 259-a. State board of parole; funding. The annual budget submitted by the governor shall separately state the recommended appropriations for the state board of parole. Upon enactment, these separately stated appropriations for the state board of parole shall not be decreased by interchange with any other appropriation, notwithstanding section fifty-one of the state finance […]
259-B – State Board of Parole; Organization.
§ 259-b. State board of parole; organization. 1. There shall be in the department a state board of parole which shall possess the powers and duties hereinafter specified. The board shall function independently of the department regarding all of its decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties specified in this article, provided, […]
259-C – State Board of Parole; Functions, Powers and Duties.
§ 259-c. State board of parole; functions, powers and duties. The state board of parole shall: * 1. have the power and duty of determining which incarcerated individuals serving an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment may be released on parole, or on medical parole pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-r or section two hundred […]
259-D – Hearing Officers.
§ 259-d. Hearing officers. 1. The state board of parole shall appoint and shall have the power to remove, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law, hearing officers who shall be authorized to conduct parole revocation proceedings. Hearing officers shall function independently of the department regarding all of their decision-making functions, and […]
259-E – Institutional Parole Services.
§ 259-e. Institutional parole services. The department shall provide institutional parole services. Such services shall include preparation of reports and other data required by the state board of parole in the exercise of its functions with respect to release on presumptive release, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision of incarcerated individuals. Additionally, the department shall […]
259-H – Parole Eligibility for Certain Incarcerated Individuals Sentenced for Crimes Committed Prior to September First, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Seven.
§ 259-h. Parole eligibility for certain incarcerated individuals sentenced for crimes committed prior to September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven. 1. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply in any case where a person is under one or more of the following sentences imposed pursuant to the penal law in effect prior to September first, nineteen […]
259-I – Procedures for the Conduct of the Work of the State Board of Parole.
§ 259-i. Procedures for the conduct of the work of the state board of parole. 2. Parole. * (a) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal […]
259-J – Discharge of Sentence.
§ 259-j. Discharge of sentence. 1. Except where a determinate sentence was imposed for a felony other than a felony defined in article two hundred twenty or article two hundred twenty-one of the penal law, if the board of parole is satisfied that an absolute discharge from presumptive release, parole, conditional release or release to […]
259-K – Access to Records and Institutions.
§ 259-k. Access to records and institutions. 1. All case files shall be maintained by the department for use by the department and board. The department and board and authorized officers and employees thereof shall have complete access to such files and the board of parole shall have the right to make such entries as […]