631-A – Crime Victim Service Programs.
§ 631-a. Crime victim service programs. 1. The office shall make grants, within amounts appropriated for that purpose, for crime victim service programs to provide services to crime victims and witnesses. These programs shall be operated at the community level by not-for-profit organizations, by agencies of local government or by any combination thereof. Crime victim […]
632 – Manner of Payment.
§ 632. Manner of payment. 1. The award shall be paid in a lump sum, except that in the case of death or protracted disability the award shall provide for periodic payments to compensate for loss of earnings or support. No award made pursuant to this article shall be subject to execution or attachment other […]
621 – Definitions.
§ 621. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. “Office” shall mean the office of victim services. 2. “Claimant” shall mean the person filing a claim pursuant to this article. 3. “Crime” shall mean (a) an act committed in New York state which would, if committed by a mentally competent criminally responsible adult, who […]
622 – Office of Victim Services.
§ 622. Office of victim services. There is hereby created in the executive department the office of victim services, hereinafter in this article referred to as the “office”. The office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the governor for a term of three years. The director shall coordinate and recommend […]
623 – Powers and Duties of the Office.
§ 623. Powers and duties of the office. The office shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To establish and maintain a principal office and such other offices within the state as it may deem necessary. 2. To appoint a secretary, counsel, clerks and such other employees and agents as it may deem necessary, […]
620 – Declaration of Policy and Legislative Intent.
§ 620. Declaration of policy and legislative intent. The legislature recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal physical injury or death as a result of criminal acts. Such persons or their dependents may thereby suffer disability, incur financial hardships, or become dependent upon public assistance. The legislature finds and determines that there is a need […]
624 – Eligibility.
§ 624. Eligibility. 1. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this article: (a) a victim of a crime; (b) a surviving spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, child, stepchild or grandchild of a victim of a crime […]
625 – Filing of Claims.
§ 625. Filing of claims. 1. A claim may be filed by a person eligible to receive an award, as provided in section six hundred twenty-four of this article, or, if such person is under the age of eighteen years, an incompetent, or a conservatee, by his relative, guardian, committee, conservator, or attorney. 2. A […]
625-A – Information Relative to Claims; Application Forms.
§ 625-a. Information relative to claims; application forms. 1. Every police station, precinct house, any appropriate location where a crime may be reported and any location required by the rules and regulations of the office shall have available informative booklets, pamphlets and other pertinent written information, including information cards, to be supplied by the office, […]
625-B – Standardized Victim Notification and Verification Procedures for Police Officers.
§ 625-b. Standardized victim notification and verification procedures for police officers. 1. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services in cooperation with the office shall develop and implement a standardized procedure to be used by police officers, county sheriffs’ departments and state police officers whereby victims of crime are notified about the rights […]