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NY Corr L § 168-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-M - Review.

§  168-m.  Review.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the   contrary,  any  state  or  local  correctional  facility,  hospital   or   institution,   district  attorney,  law  enforcement  agency,  probation   department, state board of parole,  court  or  child  protective  agency   shall  forward  relevant  information pertaining to a sex offender to be   discharged, paroled, released to post-release supervision or released to   the board for review no later than one hundred twenty days prior to  the   release  or  discharge  and  the  board  shall  make  recommendations as   provided in subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this   article within sixty days of receipt of the information. Information may   include, but may not be limited to all or a portion of the arrest  file,   prosecutor's  file,  probation  or  parole  file, child protective file,   court file, commitment file, medical file and treatment file  pertaining   to  such  person.  Such person shall be permitted to submit to the board   any information relevant to the review.  Upon  application  of  the  sex   offender  or  the district attorney, the court shall seal any portion of   the board's file pertaining to the sex offender that  contains  material   that  is confidential under any state or federal law; provided, however,   that in any subsequent proceedings in which the sex offender who is  the   subject  of the sealed record is a party and which requires the board to   provide a recommendation to the court pursuant  to  this  article,  such   sealed  record  shall  be  available  to  the sex offender, the district   attorney, the court and the attorney general where the attorney  general   is a party, or represents a party, in the proceeding.
NY Corr L § 168-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-Q - Subdirectory; Internet Posting.

§  168-q.  Subdirectory;  internet  posting.  1.  The  division  shall   maintain a subdirectory of  level  two  and  three  sex  offenders.  The   subdirectory  shall include the exact address, address of the offender's   place of employment and photograph of the sex offender  along  with  the   following information, if available: name, physical description, age and   distinctive  markings.  Background  information including all of the sex   offender's crimes of conviction that require  him  or  her  to  register   pursuant  to  this article, modus of operation, type of victim targeted,   the name and address of any institution of higher education at which the   sex offender  is  enrolled,  attends,  is  employed  or  resides  and  a   description of special conditions imposed on the sex offender shall also   be   included.   The  subdirectory  shall  have  sex  offender  listings   categorized by county and zip code.  Such  subdirectory  shall  be  made   available  at  all  times on the internet via the division homepage. Any   person  may  apply  to  the  division  to   receive   automated   e-mail   notifications whenever a new or updated subdirectory registration occurs   in  a  geographic  area  specified  by  such  person. The division shall   furnish such service at no charge to  such  person,  who  shall  request   e-mail  notification  by  county  and/or zip code on forms developed and   provided by the  division.  E-mail  notification  is  limited  to  three   geographic areas per e-mail account.2.  Any person who uses information disclosed pursuant to this section   in violation of the law shall in addition to any other penalty  or  fine   imposed,  be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and   not more than one thousand dollars. Unauthorized removal or  duplication   of  the  subdirectory  from the offices of local, village or city police   department shall be punishable by a fine  not  to  exceed  one  thousand   dollars.  In  addition,  the attorney general, any district attorney, or   any person aggrieved is authorized  to  bring  a  civil  action  in  the   appropriate court requesting preventive relief, including an application   for  a  permanent  or  temporary injunction, restraining order, or other   order against the person  or  group  of  persons  responsible  for  such   action.  The  foregoing  remedies  shall  be  independent  of  any other   remedies or procedures that may be available to an aggrieved party under   other provisions of law.
NY Corr L § 168-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-R - Immunity From Liability.

§  168-r. Immunity from liability. 1. No official, employee or agency,   whether public or private, shall be subject to  any  civil  or  criminal   liability for damages for any discretionary decision to release relevant   and  necessary  information pursuant to this section, unless it is shown   that such official, employee or agency acted with gross negligence or in   bad faith. The immunity provided  under  this  section  applies  to  the   release  of  relevant  information to other employees or officials or to   the general public.2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed  to  impose  any  civil  or   criminal liability upon or to give rise to a cause of action against any   official,  employee or agency, whether public or private, for failing to   release information as authorized in this section  unless  it  is  shown   that such official, employee or agency acted with gross negligence or in   bad faith.
NY Corr L § 168-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-S - Annual Report.

§ 168-s. Annual report. The division shall on or before February first   in  each  year  file  a  report  with  the governor, and the legislature   detailing the program, compliance with provisions of  this  article  and   effectiveness  of  the  provisions  of  this  article, together with any   recommendations to further enhance the intent of this article.
NY Corr L § 168-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-T - Penalty.

§  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify   pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or   verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this   article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the   first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense   shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the   provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be   guilty  of  a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense,   and upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall  be  guilty   of  a class D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also be   the basis for revocation of  parole  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred   fifty-nine-i  of  the  executive  law  or  the  basis  for revocation of   probation pursuant to article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure   law.
NY Corr L § 168-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-U - Unauthorized Release of Information.

§  168-u.  Unauthorized  release  of  information.    The unauthorized   release of any information required by this article shall be a  class  B   misdemeanor.
NY Corr L § 168-V (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-V - Prohibition of Employment on Motor Vehicles Engaged in Retail Sales of Frozen Desserts.

§ 168-v. Prohibition of employment on motor vehicles engaged in retail   sales  of  frozen  desserts. No person required to maintain registration   under this article (sex offender registration  act)  shall  operate,  be   employed  on  or  dispense  goods  for sale at retail on a motor vehicle   engaged in retail sales of frozen desserts  as  defined  in  subdivision   thirty-seven  of  section  three hundred seventy-five of the vehicle and   traffic law.
NY Corr L § 168-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-W - Separability.

§ 168-w. Separability. If any section of this article, or part thereof   shall  be  adjudged  by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,   such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate  the  remainder  or   any other section or part thereof.
NY Corr L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 170 - Contracts Prohibited.

§  170. Contracts prohibited. 1. The commissioner shall not, nor shall   any other authority whatsoever, make any contract by which the labor  or   time  of  any incarcerated individual in any state or local correctional   facility in this state, or the product or profit of  his  or  her  work,   shall be contracted, let, farmed out, given or sold to any person, firm,   association  or corporation; except that the incarcerated individuals in   said correctional institutions may work for, and the products  of  their   labor  may  be  disposed  of  to, the state or any political subdivision   thereof, any public institution owned or managed and controlled  by  the   state,   or   any   political  subdivision  thereof,  provided  that  no   incarcerated individual shall be employed or assigned to engage  in  any   activity  that  involves  obtaining  access to, collecting or processing   social security account numbers of other individuals.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful  for   an  incarcerated  individual of the department to work in an institution   of the department in the manufacture and production of goods,  including   but  not  limited to, license plates, identification plates and insignia   for vehicles, and for the department to sell or otherwise dispose of for   profit such goods to the government of the United States or to any state   of the United States, or political subdivision thereof,  or  any  public   corporation  or  eleemosynary association or corporation funded in whole   or in part by any federal, state or local funds.3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  an  incarcerated   individual  may  be  permitted  to  leave the institution under guard to   voluntarily perform work for a nonprofit organization. As used  in  this   section,   the  term  "nonprofit  organization"  means  an  organization   operated exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes,   no part of the net earnings of  which  inures  to  the  benefit  of  any   private shareholder or individual.
NY Corr L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 171 - Incarcerated Individuals to Be Employed; Products of Labor of Incarcerated Individuals.

§  171.  Incarcerated individuals to be employed; products of labor of   incarcerated individuals. 1. The commissioner  and  the  superintendents   and  officials of all penitentiaries in the state may cause incarcerated   individuals in the state correctional facilities and such penitentiaries   who are physically capable thereof to be  employed  for  not  to  exceed   eight  hours  of  each  day  other  than  Sundays  and  public holidays.   Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  section,  however,  the   commissioner  and  superintendents  of state correctional facilities may   employ incarcerated individuals on a  volunteer  basis  on  Sundays  and   public  holidays in specialized areas of the facility, including kitchen   areas,  vehicular  garages,  rubbish  pickup  and  grounds  maintenance,   providing,  however,  that incarcerated individuals so employed shall be   allowed an alternative free day within the normal work week.2. Such labor shall be either for the purpose  of  the  production  of   supplies  for  said  institutions,  or  for  the state, or any political   subdivision thereof, or for any public institution owned or managed  and   controlled  by  the  state, or any political subdivision thereof; or for   the purpose of industrial training and instruction, or partly  for  one,   and partly for the other of such purposes.
NY Corr L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 178 - Participation in Work Release and Other Community Activities.

§  178.  Participation in work release and other community activities.   Nothing contained in this article shall be construed or applied so as to   prohibit private employment of incarcerated individuals in the community   under a work  release  program,  or  a  residential  treatment  facility   program formulated pursuant to any provision of this chapter.
NY Corr L § 183 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 183 - Classification of Industries; Report Concerning Industries.

§  183. Classification of industries; report concerning industries. 1. It shall be the duty  of  the  commissioner  to  distribute,  among  the correctional   institutions   under  his  jurisdiction,  the  labor  and industries assigned to said institutions, due regard being  had  to  the location  and  convenience of the prisons, and of the other institutions to be supplied, the machinery now therein and the number  of  prisoners, in  order  to secure the best service and distribution of the labor, and to employ the prisoners, so far as practicable, in occupations in  which they will be most likely to obtain employment after their discharge from imprisonment.  The  commissioner  shall change or dispose of the present plants and machinery in said institutions now used in  industries  which shall  be  discontinued,  and  which  can  not be used in the industries hereafter to be carried on in said prisons, due effort  to  be  made  by full  notice  to  probable purchasers, in case of sales of industries or machinery, to obtain the best price possible for the property sold,  and good will of the business to be discontinued.   2.  The  commissioner  shall  submit reports, quarterly, to the senate finance committee, the  assembly  ways  and  means  committee,  and  the director  of  the  budget,  regarding industries under his jurisdiction. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  (a) all materials, machinery or other property procured, and the  cost thereof;  (b) all other expenditures and the nature thereof;  (c) all receipts and the nature thereof;  (d) all inventory on hand at the opening and closing of the quarter;  (e) recommendations regarding the continuance of the program.
NY Corr L § 184 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 184 - Articles Manufactured to Be Furnished to the State or Subdivisions Thereof.

§  184.  Articles  manufactured  to  be  furnished  to  the  state  or   subdivisions thereof. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed  to   cause  to be manufactured or prepared by the incarcerated individuals in   the state correctional facilities, such articles as are needed and  used   therein,  and  also,  such  articles  as  are  required  by the state or   political subdivisions thereof, and in the buildings, offices and public   institutions owned or managed and controlled  by  the  state,  including   articles  and materials to be used in the erection of the buildings, and   including material  for  the  construction,  improvement  or  repair  of   highways, streets and roads.2.   All   such   articles  manufactured  or  prepared  in  the  state   correctional  facilities,  or  by  incarcerated  individuals,  and   not   required  for use therein, shall be of the styles, patterns, designs and   qualities  fixed  by  the  department  of  corrections   and   community   supervision,  except  where  the  same  have been or may be fixed by the   office of general services in the executive  department.  Such  articles   may  be furnished to the state, or to any political subdivision thereof,   or for or to any public institution owned or managed and  controlled  by   the  state,  or  any  political  subdivision  thereof, government of the   United States or to any  state  of  the  United  States  or  subdivision   thereof  or  to  any  public  corporation,  authority,  or  eleemosynary   association funded in whole or in part by any federal,  state  or  local   funds,  at  and  for  such  prices  as  shall be fixed and determined as   hereinafter provided, upon the  requisitions  of  the  proper  officials   thereof.  No article so manufactured or prepared shall be purchased from   any other source, for the state or public institutions of the state,  or   the  political  subdivisions  thereof,  or  public benefit corporations,   authorities or commissions, unless the commissioner of  corrections  and   community  supervision  shall certify that the same can not be furnished   upon such requisition, and no claim therefor shall be  audited  or  paid   without such certificate.
NY Corr L § 185 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 185 - Estimates of Articles Required to Be Furnished.

§  185.  Estimates  of articles required to be furnished. On or before   July first in each year, the proper officials  of  the  state,  and  the   political subdivisions thereof, and of the institutions of the state, or   political  subdivisions  thereof,  shall  report  to  the  department of   corrections and community supervision estimates for the ensuing year  of   the  amount  of  supplies of different kinds required to be purchased by   them that can be furnished by the correctional facilities in the  state.   The  commissioner of corrections and community supervision is authorized   to make regulations for said reports, to provide for the manner in which   requisitions shall be made for supplies, and to provide for  the  proper   diversification of the industries in the correctional facilities.
NY Corr L § 187 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 187 - Earnings of Incarcerated Individuals.

§  187.  Earnings  of  incarcerated individuals. 1. Every incarcerated   individual confined in a state correctional  facility,  subject  to  the   rules  and  regulations  of  the department of corrections and community   supervision, and every  incarcerated  individual  confined  in  a  local   correctional  facility,  in  the  discretion of the sheriff thereof, may   receive compensation for work performed during his or her  imprisonment.   Such  compensation  shall be graded by the department of corrections and   community supervision with regard to incarcerated  individuals  employed   in  prison  industries,  based upon the work performed by such prisoners   for prisoners confined in state  correctional  facilities,  and  by  the   sheriffs   in   all   local  correctional  facilities  for  incarcerated   individuals confined therein.2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall adopt   rules, subject to the approval  of  the  director  of  the  budget,  for   establishing  in  all  of  the state correctional facilities a system of   compensation for the incarcerated  individuals  confined  therein.  Such   rules shall provide for the payment of compensation to each incarcerated   individual,   who   shall  meet  the  requirements  established  by  the   department of corrections and community supervision, based upon the work   performed by such incarcerated individuals.3. The department shall prepare graded wage schedules for incarcerated   individuals,  which  schedules  shall  be  based  upon   classifications   according  to  the  value of work performed by each. Such schedules need   not be uniform in all institutions. The rules of  the  department  shall   also  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  credit  system  for  each   incarcerated individual and the manner in which such earnings  shall  be   paid  to the incarcerated individual or his or her dependents or held in   trust for him or her until his or her release.4. Any compensation paid to  an  incarcerated  individual  under  this   article  shall  be  based  on  the  work  performed by such incarcerated   individual. Compensation may be paid from  moneys  appropriated  to  the   department and available to facilities for nonpersonal service.
NY Corr L § 189 (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 7 - Labor in Correctional Institutions 189 - Disposition of Moneys Paid to Prisoner for His Labor.

* §  189. Disposition of moneys paid to prisoner for his labor. 1. The   amount of such compensation to the credit of any prisoner may  be  drawn   by  the  prisoner  during  his  imprisonment,  only upon approval of the   commissioner to aid dependent relatives of such prisoner,  or  for  such   other purposes as the commissioner may approve. Such disbursement to aid   a  dependent  relative  of a prisoner may be made without the consent of   such prisoner  upon  the  certificate  of  the  commissioner  of  social   services,  or  other  officer performing the duties of a commissioner of   welfare, of the community  in  which  such  dependent  is  located.  Any   balance  to  the  credit  of any prisoner at the time of his conditional   release as provided by this chapter shall be subject to the draft of the   prisoner in such amounts and at such times  as  the  commissioner  shall   approve;  provided,  however,  that at the date of absolute discharge of   any prisoner the balance as aforesaid shall be paid to such prisoner.2. The commissioner may  collect  from  the  compensation  paid  to  a   prisoner  for  work  performed  while  housed  in  a general confinement   facility an incarceration fee, not to exceed one dollar  per  week,  for   each  week of confinement to help defray the costs of incarceration. The   commissioner shall  waive  the  collection  of  such  fee  where  it  is   determined  that  the  payment  of  the  fee  would work an unreasonable   hardship on the prisoner or his or her immediate family.* NB Effective until September 1, 2023* § 189. Disposition of moneys paid to prisoner  for  his  labor.  The   amount  of  such compensation to the credit of any prisoner may be drawn   by the prisoner during his  imprisonment,  only  upon  approval  of  the   commissioner  to  aid  dependent relatives of such prisoner, or for such   other purposes as the commissioner may approve. Such disbursement to aid   a dependent relative of a prisoner may be made without  the  consent  of   such  prisoner  upon  the certificate of the commissioner of welfare, or   other officer performing the duties of a commissioner of welfare, of the   community in which such dependent is located. Any balance to the  credit   of  any  prisoner  at the time of his conditional release as provided by   this chapter shall be subject to the  draft  of  the  prisoner  in  such   amounts  and  at such times as the commissioner shall approve; provided,   however, that at the date of absolute  discharge  of  any  prisoner  the   balance as aforesaid shall be paid to such prisoner.* NB Effective September 1, 2023