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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 504-A - Secure Facilities.

§ 504-a. Secure  facilities.  1.  As  used  in  this  article, "secure
facility" means a residential facility in which  a  juvenile  delinquent
may  be  placed under this article, which is characterized by physically
restricting construction, hardware and procedures, and is designated  as
a secure facility by the division under this section.
2.  Secure  facilities  shall  provide  appropriate  services  to  the
residents, including but not limited to: residential  care,  educational
and  vocational  training,  physical  and  mental  health  services, and
employment counseling.
3. A youth shall be placed in or  transferred  to  a  secure  facility
only:
(a)  by  order  of  the  family court pursuant to section 353.5 of the
family court act; or
(b) after a hearing pursuant to regulations of the division, with  the
written approval of the director of the division or his or her designee.
4.   The   division  shall  promulgate  regulations  governing  secure
facilities of the division, including but not limited to:
(a) limitations as to capacity;
(b) services to be provided and conditions to be maintained;
(c) a grievance procedure for residents to be  run  by  the  division,
with the use of personnel separate from that of the facility;
(d)  procedures  for  admission  to  and  release or transfer from the
facility;
(e) periodic inspection by  the  division,  not  to  be  conducted  by
personnel of the facility.
5.  A  juvenile delinquent residing in a facility operated pursuant to
this title may be maintained in group confinement if  he  constitutes  a
serious  and  evident  danger  to  himself  or  other  persons,  if such
confinement is  clearly  necessary  to  prevent  escape,  if  the  child
demonstrates  by  his  behavior  that  he is in need of special care and
attention in a living unit separate from his normal surroundings, or  if
such   confinement   is  necessary  for  purposes  of  the  child's  own
protection. The division shall promulgate regulations  providing  for  a
procedure  governing  transfers to group confinement and periodic review
of such confinement.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 504-B - Transport and Warrant Units.

§ 504-b. Transport  and  warrant  units. The division is authorized to
  establish transport and warrant units  and  designate  employees  to  be
  assigned   to   such  units.  Such  units  shall  have  the  powers  and
  responsibilities specified in regulations promulgated by  the  division,
  including  but  not  limited  to  the conveyance of youth placed with or
  committed to the custody of the division to  and  from  its  facilities.
  Employees  of  such unit who are specifically designated by the director
  in writing, shall have the power and  authority  of  peace  officers  in
  respect thereto.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 505 - Directors of Facilities.

§ 505. Directors  of facilities. 1. There shall be a facility director
of each office of children and family services operated  facility.  Such
facility  director  shall be appointed by the commissioner of the office
of children and family  services  and  the  position  shall  be  in  the
noncompetitive  class  and  designated  as  confidential  as  defined by
subdivision two-a of section forty-two of the  civil  service  law.  The
facility director shall have such experience and other qualifications as
may  be  prescribed  by  the director of classification and compensation
within  the  department  of  civil  service  in  consultation  with  the
commissioner  of  the  office  of  children and family services based on
differences in duties, levels of responsibility, size and  character  of
the  facility,  knowledge,  skills  and  abilities  required,  and other
factors affecting the position. Such facility director  shall  serve  at
the  pleasure  of  the commissioner of the office of children and family
services.
2. Subject to regulations of the division, the facility director of  a
state facility in the division shall:
(a) operate and manage the facility,
(b)  submit  a  monthly  report  on  such  matters as the division may
specify.
3. Subject to the regulations of the division, the  facility  director
may  authorize the use of the buildings and grounds of the facility by a
municipality, special district or non-profit association, corporation or
organization for educational, recreational, social  and  civic  purposes
whenever such use may promote better relationships with the community in
which the facility is located, provided, however, that such use does not
interfere with the purposes and program of the facility.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 506 - Claims for Damage to Employees' Personal Property.

§ 506. Claims  for  damage to employees' personal property. Claims for
  damages to personal property of employees  of  the  division  for  youth
  caused  by  youths in program may be examined, audited and certified for
  payment by the state comptroller. Such claims must be  approved  by  the
  director  of the division for youth prior to submission to the office of
  the state comptroller.  The payment of any such claim shall  not  exceed
  the sum of three hundred fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 507-B - Placement and Commitment; Papers to Be Furnished.

§ 507-b. Placement  and  commitment;  papers  to be furnished. 1.   No
  placement or commitment order to the division which  recites  the  facts
  upon  which it was based shall be deemed or held to be invalid by reason
  of any imperfection or defect in form.
2. The court shall immediately notify the division of the placement or
  commitment of any youth therewith.  The orders of the court  and  copies
  of the probation report and all other relevant evaluative records in the
  possession  of  the  court, detention facility, and probation department
  related to such youth, including but  not  limited  to  any  diagnostic,
  educational,    medical,    psychological   and   psychiatric   records,
  fingerprints, photographs, a certified copy  of  the  sentence  and  any
  pre-sentence  memoranda  filed  with  the  court,  where applicable, and
  reports relating to assaults or other violent acts, attempts at  suicide
  or  escape  by  the  youth shall be delivered together with the youth or
  earlier to a person authorized by the director  to  receive  the  child,
  notwithstanding any contrary provision of law.
3.  The  court  shall,  before  placing  or committing any such youth,
  inquire into and determine the age of the youth at the time of placement
  or commitment, and the youth's age as so determined shall be  stated  in
  the  order.   The statement of the age of such youth in such order shall
  be conclusive evidence as to such age in any action to  recover  damages
  for  allegedly  unlawful  detention  under  such  order,  and  shall  be
  presumptive evidence thereof in any other inquiry, action or  proceeding
  relating to such detention.
4.  Notwithstanding  the  time  frames  provided  in  paragraph (b) of
  subdivision four of section five hundred seven-a of  this  article,  the
  division  may  delay  acceptance  of  a youth placed or committed to the
  division in accordance with division regulations  promulgated  prior  to
  the effective date of this subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 507-C - Restrictive Placements.

§ 507-c. Restrictive  placements.  1.  The  division  shall promulgate
  regulations governing restrictive placements of juveniles under  section
  353.5 of the family court act, not inconsistent with such act.
2.  The  regulations shall establish within the division a restrictive
  placement committee. The division shall make and revise as needed a plan
  for the care, treatment, services and supervision of  each  youth  under
  restrictive  placement,  which plan shall be reviewed and may be revised
  by the committee. The youth may not be released or  transferred  from  a
  facility  without the approval of the committee, except by written order
  of the director.
3. For youths placed with  the  division  pursuant  to  a  restrictive
  placement  under  section  353.5  of  the family court act, the division
  shall (a) report in writing to the court not less than  once  every  six
  months  during  the  placement on the status, adjustment and progress of
  the respondent, unless otherwise provided in the order  of  disposition;
  and (b) provide intensive supervision of the youth whenever he or she is
  not in a secure or residential facility of the division.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 2 - Facilities › 507-D - Confinement of Juvenile Delinquents Under Sentence of the Courts of the United States.

§ 507-d. Confinement  of  juvenile  delinquents  under sentence of the
  courts of the United States. The directors of secure and limited  secure
  facilities  shall receive and safely keep in such facilities, subject to
  the provisions of this article, any person not over the age  of  sixteen
  years  convicted of any offense against the United States, and sentenced
  to imprisonment by any court of the United States, sitting  within  this
  state,  until such sentences be executed, or until such delinquent shall
  be discharged by due course of law, conditioned upon the  United  States
  supporting  such  delinquent  and paying the expenses attendant upon the
  execution of such sentence.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 510-C - Discharge From Custody.

§ 510-c. Discharge  from  custody.  1. The division may discharge from
  its custody any child placed with the division whenever  it  deems  such
  discharge  to  be  in  the  best  interest  of  the  child  and there is
  reasonable  probability  that  the  child  can  be  discharged   without
  endangering  the  public  safety; provided, however, that no child while
  absent from a division facility without the consent of the  director  of
  such  facility  shall  be discharged by the division solely by reason of
  the absence, and provided further that no child in the  custody  of  the
  division  and  transferred  to  the  department of mental hygiene, while
  absent from a department of mental hygiene facility without the  consent
  of  the superintendent or director of such facility, shall be discharged
  by the division.
2. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, any  child
  who  has  been  placed  with  the office of children and family services
  shall be deemed to have been discharged therefrom if, during the  period
  provided  in  the  order of placement or extension thereof, the child is
  convicted of  a  crime  or  adjudicated  a  youthful  offender,  and  is
  committed  to  an  institution  in  the  department  of  corrections and
  community supervision or department of mental hygiene, or receives a one
  year sentence in a local correctional facility.
3. A  child  placed  with  the  division  pursuant  to  a  restrictive
  placement  under  the family court act shall not be discharged solely by
  reason  of  conviction  for  a  crime  or  adjudication  as  a  juvenile
  delinquent  or youthful offender, nor shall any such child be discharged
  except pursuant to section 353.5 of the family court act.
4. Upon the placement of any child eighteen years of age or  over,  or
  upon  the  eighteenth birthday of any child placed in the custody of the
  division  for  an  adjudication  of  juvenile  delinquency  for   having
  committed  an  act  which  if  committed  by an adult would constitute a
  felony, and still in the custody of the  division,  the  division  shall
  notify  the  division  of criminal justice services of such placement or
  birthday provided, however, in the case of  a  child  eleven  or  twelve
  years  of  age, at the time the act or acts were committed, the division
  of criminal justice services shall not  be  provided  with  the  child's
  name, unless the acts committed by such child would constitute a class A
  or B felony. Upon the subsequent discharge of said child it shall be the
  duty of the division to notify the division of criminal justice services
  of  that  fact  and  the  date  of  discharge.  For the purposes of this
  subdivision, a child's age shall be determined to be the age  stated  in
  the placement order.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 512 - Weekly Allowances; Work Experience.

§ 512. Weekly  allowances; work experience. 1. Every child being cared
  for in a division facility may receive a weekly  allowance  approved  by
  the  director  of  the  budget,  in  accordance  with regulations of the
  division, as compensation for work or services performed in  a  division
  facility.  Such  weekly allowance shall be paid from moneys appropriated
  to the division for maintenance and operation.
2. A child who is being cared for in a division facility may, with the
  permission of the facility director, work outside of such facility  when
  attendance  upon  instruction  is not required pursuant to the education
  law. No such child may be permitted to work  unless  the  conditions  of
  work,  including  wages, meet the standards therefor prescribed pursuant
  to the labor law. The facility director may require that a part  of  the
  wages  of  such  child, not to exceed twenty-five per centum thereof, be
  deposited in a general welfare fund to be utilized for  the  benefit  of
  all children in such facility.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 512-A - Earnings of Youth.

§ 512-a. Earnings   of   youth.  The  division  for  youth  may  grant
  compensation to youth for work performed in division facility  programs,
  or  pursuant  to  work programs in accordance with rules and regulations
  established by the division for youth and approved by  the  director  of
  the  budget.  Such  rules and regulations need not be uniform as to each
  program and may establish, on the basis of work performed, the amount of
  compensation to be paid and the manner in which it is to be paid to each
  youth, or paid to the youth's dependents, or  credited  to  the  youth's
  account  until his or her discharge from such program. Such compensation
  may be paid from moneys appropriated  to  the  division  for  youth  for
  maintenance and operation.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 516 - Care of Infants by Division for Youth.

§ 516. Care  of  infants by division for youth. The division for youth
  is authorized to provide residential care in division facilities subject
  to the regulations of the division, for infants born to or being  nursed
  by  female residents placed with the division. Residential care for such
  an infant may be provided for such period of time as is deemed desirable
  for the welfare of the mother or infant.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 517 - Commissaries.

§ 517. Commissaries.  The  director  of  the  division  for  youth may
  authorize the director of any  facility  operated  by  the  division  to
  establish  a  commissary  in  such facility for the use of residents and
  employees. The moneys received by the director of the division from  the
  sales of the commissary shall be deposited in a special fund to be known
  as  the  commissary  fund  and  such funds shall be used for the general
  purposes  of  the  facilities  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section
  fifty-three of the state finance law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 518 - Restitution; Services for Public Good.

§ 518. Restitution;  services  for  public  good.  The  division shall
  develop and operate programs  for  youths  placed  or  referred  to  the
  division  or  in  conjunction with an order provided in section 353.6 of
  the family court act.  The  division  shall  promulgate  regulations  as
  required in such section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 519 - Persons Authorized to Visit Division Facilities.

§ 519. Persons  authorized  to  visit  division  facilities.  1.   The
  following  persons  shall  be  authorized  to  visit  at  pleasure   all
  facilities  operated by the division: the governor, lieutenant governor,
  commissioner of  general  services,  secretary  of  state,  comptroller,
  attorney  general,  members  of  the legislature, judges of the court of
  appeals, supreme  court,  family  court,  and  county  courts,  district
  attorneys,   county  attorneys,  and  any  person  or  agency  otherwise
  authorized by statute.
2. The director of the division shall promulgate rules and regulations
  setting forth  the  policy  of  the  division  regarding  visitation  of
  division  facilities  and  residents therein by persons other than those
  listed in subdivision one of this  section.  The  overall  security  and
  uninterrupted operation of such facilities and the safety and well being
  of  the  staff and residents therein shall be given due consideration in
  the formulation  of  these  rules  and  regulations  for  visitation  as
  necessary  to ensure such security, safety and facility operation.  Such
  regulations  shall   include   provisions   regarding   reasonable   and
  appropriate visitation by family members and consultation by the youth's
  legal representative.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title A - Additional Services for Youth › 522 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Health Care Services at the Request of the Division; Defense and Indemnification.

§ 522. Actions  against  persons rendering health care services at the
  request of the division; defense and indemnification. The provisions  of
  section  seventeen  of the public officers law shall apply to any person
  holding a license to practice  a  profession  pursuant  to  article  one
  hundred  thirty-one,  one  hundred thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-two,
  one  hundred  thirty-three,  one   hundred   thirty-six,   one   hundred
  thirty-seven,  one  hundred  thirty-nine,  one  hundred  forty-one,  one
  hundred forty-three, one hundred fifty-six or one hundred fifty-nine  of
  the  education  law,  who  is  rendering  or  has  rendered professional
  services authorized under such license while acting at  the  request  of
  the  division or a facility of the division in providing health care and
  treatment  or  professional  consultation  to  residents   of   division
  facilities,  or to infants of residents while such infants are cared for
  in division facilities pursuant to section five hundred sixteen of  this
  article,  without  regard  to  whether such health care and treatment or
  professional consultation is  provided  within  or  without  a  division
  facility.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523 - Purpose.

§ 523. Purpose. The purpose of this subtitle is to protect and promote
  legal rights for youth in programs and facilities operated by the office
  of  children  and  family  services,  by  codifying  the  office  of the
  ombudsman.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-A - Definitions.

§ 523-a. Definitions. As used in this subtitle:
1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the office of children and
  family services.
2. "Director" means the director of the office of the ombudsman.
3. "Office" means the office of children and family services.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-B - Office of the Ombudsman.

§  523-b.  Office  of  the  ombudsman. There is hereby established the
  office of the ombudsman in the office of children and  family  services.
  The  commissioner  shall  appoint  the  director  of  the  office of the
  ombudsman.  The director shall be an attorney licensed to  practice  law
  in  New  York.    The director shall report to the commissioner. Persons
  employed by the office of the ombudsman to act as "ombudsmen"  shall  be
  attorneys  or  shall have expertise in the areas of juvenile justice and
  youth rights, as evidenced by experience in the field,  or  by  academic
  background,  the  level  and sufficiency of which shall be determined by
  the director.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-C - Duties of the Office of the Ombudsman.

§  523-c.  Duties  of  the  office of the ombudsman. The office of the
  ombudsman shall:
1.  visit  facilities  and  programs  in  accordance  with  priorities
  established by the director, hear grievances and complaints, investigate
  alleged  violations  of the legal rights of youth residing in facilities
  operated by  the  office,  and  monitor  and  participate  in  grievance
  procedures  concerning  residents  in  secure  facilities,  pursuant  to
  section five hundred four-a of this article;
2. monitor the implementation of the policies and regulations  of  the
  office and of the rules and regulations of other state agencies, as such
  may  be  applicable  to the legal rights of youth residing in facilities
  operated by the office, and  monitor  the  implementation  of  statutes,
  court  orders, court decisions and court stipulations which affect youth
  residing in facilities operated by the office;
3. advise and assist youth residing  in  facilities  operated  by  the
  office to obtain legal counsel;
4.  recommend  policies,  regulations,  and  legislation  designed  to
  protect youth residing in facilities operated by the office;
5. serve as a resource to youth residing in facilities operated by the
  office by informing them of pertinent laws,  regulations  and  policies,
  and their rights thereunder;
6.  present  significant  complaints and concerns of youth residing in
  facilities operated by  the  office  to  the  commissioner,  appropriate
  office staff, and the independent review board; and
7.  periodically  review procedures established by the office to carry
  out the provisions of this article,  with  a  view  toward  the  rights,
  safety  and  development of youth residing in facilities operated by the
  office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-D - Additional Powers of the Office of the Ombudsman.

§   523-d.   Additional   powers  of  the  office  of  the  ombudsman.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the office of the  ombudsman
  shall  have  access  to,  including  the  right to inspect and copy, any
  records necessary to carry out its rights, powers and duties pursuant to
  this  subtitle,  excluding  those  protected  by  statutory   privilege.
  Consistent  with applicable laws and regulations, the confidentiality of
  all records and documents obtained must be maintained by the  office  of
  the ombudsman.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-E - Access to the Office of the Ombudsman.

§  523-e.  Access to the office of the ombudsman. 1. The office of the
  ombudsman shall create  and  disseminate  materials  for  all  youth  in
  facilities operated by the office detailing the services that the office
  of the ombudsman can offer such youth and how such youth can contact the
  office of the ombudsman.
2.  All  youth  residing in a facility operated by the office shall be
  permitted reasonable access to a telephone to make a toll free  call  to
  the  office  of the ombudsman upon the youth's request. Such youth shall
  be permitted to  complete  any  phone  calls  with  the  office  of  the
  ombudsman  in  a  manner  which  reasonably  assures  that  the  youth's
  conversations with an ombudsman are private. Any calls placed by a youth
  to the office of the ombudsman shall not  count  against  any  limit  on
  phone calls placed on the youth pursuant to the rules of the facility in
  which he or she resides.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-F - Notification to the Office of the Ombudsman of Critical Incidents.

§  523-f.  Notification  to  the  office  of the ombudsman of critical
  incidents. The office of the ombudsman shall receive copies of  critical
  incident  reports  involving  a youth residing in a facility operated by
  the office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-G - Review of Policies Concerning Children.

§  523-g. Review of policies concerning children. In addition to other
  powers and  duties  specified  in  this  subtitle,  the  office  of  the
  ombudsman  may  recommend  changes  in  office  policies and regulations
  concerning children to improve services or to correct systemic  problems
  concerning services to children in the juvenile justice system.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-H - Duties of the Director.

§ 523-h. Duties of the director. The director shall:
1. provide administrative supervision and oversight to the ombudsmen;
2.  establish  procedures  to  ensure that the office of the ombudsman
  services are made  available  to  every  youth  residing  in  facilities
  operated by the office;
3.  coordinate  meetings  of  the  independent  review  board  and the
  activities of its members;
4. coordinate activities of the ombudsmen with the independent  review
  board and other units within the office;
5. fully participate in the policy development process of the office;
6.  report  to  the  independent  review  board, the commissioner, the
  executive deputy of the  office,  other  appropriate  directors  of  the
  office,  the  general counsel to the office and other appropriate office
  staff, concerning the grievances and complaints  of  youth  residing  in
  facilities  operated by the office and the status of such grievances and
  complaints on a periodic basis, but not less than once per quarter.  The
  report  shall  indicate whether a reported issue, complaint or grievance
  has been resolved and the manner in  which  it  was  resolved,  and  the
  status  of  implementation  of recommendations or directives made by the
  commissioner with regard to previously reported  issues,  grievances  or
  complaints; and
7.  prepare a monthly report for the commissioner on the activities of
  the  office  of  the  ombudsman.  Such  monthly  report  shall   contain
  statistical  data and information indicating: the number of youth served
  by the office of the ombudsman; the  number  and  types  of  complaints,
  grievances  or  issues  brought  to  the  attention of the office of the
  ombudsman; the number of office facilities visited by the ombudsmen; the
  number of investigations conducted by the ombudsmen; and the number  and
  nature of contacts made by the ombudsmen to persons or agencies external
  to  the office on behalf of youth residing in facilities operated by the
  office.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-I - Conduct and Scope of Investigations.

§  523-i.  Conduct  and  scope  of  investigations.  The office of the
  ombudsman may investigate grievances and complaints pertaining to  youth
  residing  in  facilities operated by the office brought to the attention
  of the office of the ombudsman from any source, and may in pursuing  its
  investigation  visit  any  facility  operated by the office at any time,
  without prior  notice.  Facility  directors  and  facility  staff  shall
  cooperate  with  the investigation. At an ombudsman's request, the staff
  of a facility shall inform the residents of the ombudsman's availability
  on site or on premises. An ombudsman shall have access to  any  resident
  on  request,  and  the  facility  shall  provide  a suitable room, if so
  requested, for private counseling. An ombudsman shall have the right  to
  inspect  the facility, visit all areas and observe all parts and aspects
  of the facility program. An ombudsman  shall  interview  facility  staff
  during regular hours of employment whenever feasible. An ombudsman shall
  have  access to all books, records, logs, reports, memoranda and any and
  all other materials or written documents pertaining to office facilities
  in the possession of the office, or its  facilities.  An  ombudsman  may
  copy  or  make  reference  to any such report, document, memorandum, log
  entry or other material or written document and,  unless  such  item  is
  confidential  pursuant  to  statute,  may  include  a copy in his or her
  report.  Consistent  with   applicable   laws   and   regulations,   the
  confidentiality  of records and documents obtained must be maintained by
  the office of the ombudsman.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-J - Office of the Ombudsman Reports.

§  523-j. Office of the ombudsman reports. The office of the ombudsman
  shall submit regular reports, at  least  monthly,  which  shall  contain
  information  regarding  major  grievances, complaints received and other
  matters needing attention. The reports shall include a recitation of the
  issue or complaint, a brief statement of facts, and the conclusions  and
  recommendations  of the office of the ombudsman, and such other items of
  information as the office of the ombudsman shall deem  appropriate.  The
  reports  shall  be forwarded unaltered by the office of the ombudsman to
  the commissioner and other appropriate  office  officials,  and  to  the
  independent  review  board.  When the facility director has conducted an
  investigation into the matters reported by the office of the  ombudsman,
  the  findings or response of such facility director shall be included in
  the office of the ombudsman's report.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-K - Notification to the Office of the Ombudsman of Youth's Need for Legal Counsel.

§  523-k.  Notification to the office of the ombudsman of youth's need
  for legal counsel. 1. If informed that a youth residing  in  a  facility
  operated  by  the  office  has  been or is about to be arrested by a law
  enforcement official, the office of the ombudsman shall  take  steps  to
  see that the youth is provided with adequate legal representation.
2. When a youth residing in a facility operated by the office is to be
  interrogated  or  interviewed by a law enforcement official concerning a
  criminal act, or by any person concerning a civil or criminal matter, an
  ombudsman may  request  to  be  present  during  such  interrogation  or
  interview.  Under  no  circumstances  shall  an  ombudsman  serve as the
  youth's attorney or legal representative,  and  an  ombudsman  shall  so
  inform  the youth and the representatives of the youth, but if requested
  to do so, shall take steps to see that the youth is provided with  legal
  representation.
3.  Whenever  it  appears  to the office of the ombudsman that a youth
  residing in a facility operated by  the  office  is  in  need  of  legal
  services,  the  office of the ombudsman may contact the youth's attorney
  or legal representative or assist the youth in making such contact.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-L - Independent Review Board.

§  523-l. Independent review board. The independent review board shall
  consist of fifteen members who are not employed by the  office  and  who
  are knowledgeable in the areas of juvenile justice and youth rights. The
  members of such board shall be appointed by the commissioner. Each board
  member  shall  be appointed for a term of three years, which term may be
  renewed once. At least one member shall be a former resident  or  parent
  of  a  resident;  at  least  one member shall be a psychologist or other
  clinician; at least one member shall be an individual  knowledgeable  of
  juvenile  legal  rights matters; at least one member shall be a judge of
  the family court; and at least one member shall be knowledgeable of  the
  criminal justice system. Members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses
  incurred  in  the  conduct  of  their duties. The board shall review the
  office of the ombudsman reports and meet at  least  bimonthly  with  the
  ombudsmen,   the   director,  the  commissioner  and  other  appropriate
  personnel to discuss the reports. The board is an advisory body and  has
  no  administrative  duties.  It shall advise the commissioner on matters
  pertaining to the office of the ombudsman  and  on  matters  related  to
  complaint  and  grievance resolution. The board shall have the authority
  to:
1. request the office of the  ombudsman  and/or  the  commissioner  to
  conduct investigations;
2.  make inquiries at the request of the director or the commissioner,
  or, on its own motion, into matters affecting the legal rights of  youth
  residing in facilities operated by the office;
3.  convene meetings and communicate freely with the ombudsmen and the
  office of the ombudsman;
4. evaluate the effectiveness of the office of the ombudsman and  make
  necessary inquiries to that end; and
5.  visit  office  facilities  and  grounds and inspect records of the
  office pertaining to such facilities. Laws and regulations governing the
  confidentiality of records must be adhered to, and the  general  counsel
  for  the  office  should  be  notified  concerning  the  records  to  be
  inspected. During any such visit to facilities or inspection of records,
  the board members may speak with youth and facility staff.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-M - Chair of the Independent Review Board.

§ 523-m. Chair of the independent review board. The commissioner shall
  appoint  one  of the members of the independent review board to serve as
  its chair. The member so appointed shall serve as chair for  a  term  of
  three years. The chair of the board shall:
1.  be  responsible for coordinating the activities of the board, with
  the assistance of the director;
2. preside at meetings of the board;
3. establish agenda items for board meetings; and
4. make  recommendations  to  the  commissioner  for  the  removal  of
  inactive board members.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3 - Programs and Services for Youth › Sub Title B - Office of the Ombudsman › 523-N - Confidentiality of Reports.

§  523-n.  Confidentiality of reports. Office of the ombudsman reports
  and reports of the independent review board are confidential  and  shall
  be  safeguarded  from coming to the knowledge of, and from inspection or
  examination by any person other than the commissioner, other  designated
  agency  officials  for  the performance of their official duties and the
  independent review board.  Authorized  persons  receiving  such  reports
  shall  not  divulge  information  contained  therein without the written
  consent of the commissioner.  The  authorized  disclosure  of  any  such
  information shall not contain any individually identifiable information.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-A - Definitions.

§ 527-a. Definitions.  1.  For  purposes  of this title, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Youth center" means any area,  building,  structure  or  facility
owned  or  operated  by  a  not-for-profit  corporation  or  by or for a
municipality for use by the youth of the community  which  promotes  the
health,  safety  or  general  welfare  of  the youth community and which
advances the physical,  mental  and  social  well-being  of  such  youth
community,  including all necessary and attendant and related facilities
and equipment.
(b) "Facility rehabilitation grants" or "rehabilitation grants"  means
an  award  to  a  not-for-profit  corporation  or a municipality for the
purpose  of   renovation,   rehabilitation,   repair,   remodeling,   or
improvement  of  areas, buildings, structures or facilities intended for
use as a youth center.
(c) "New facility project grant" means an award to a municipality or a
municipality acting jointly with a not-for-profit  corporation  for  the
purpose of construction, demolition, or acquisition of areas, buildings,
structures, or facilities intended to be owned by a municipality for use
as a youth center.
(d)  "Project  costs"  means  the  reasonable  and necessary costs for
planning, demolition, acquisition of land or buildings and  construction
of  new  buildings  or  the  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  repair or
remodeling of existing buildings to be used  as  a  youth  center.  Such
costs  shall  also  include all or any portion of the cost necessary for
the creation of a reserve fund required pursuant to section five hundred
twenty-seven-h of this title.
(e) "New facility  operation  agreements"  or  "operation  agreements"
means  the  award  of a contract to which the state and a not-for-profit
corporation  or  a  municipality  are  parties,  for  the   purpose   of
maintenance  and operation of areas, buildings, structures or facilities
intended for use as a youth center and for which the state has  provided
financing   of   acquisition,   demolition  or  construction  under  the
provisions of this title and to which the state will hold title.
(f) "Not-for-profit corporation" means a  corporation  as  defined  in
subparagraph  five  of  paragraph  (a) of section one hundred two of the
not-for-profit corporation law which is engaged in one or  more  of  the
youth center program activities specified in this title.
(g) "Municipality" means a county, city, town or village.
(h) "Program" means the youth center facility program.
(i) "Division" means the division for youth.
(j)   "Eligible   applicant"  means  (i)  a  municipality  or  (ii)  a
not-for-profit corporation or (iii) a municipality and a  not-for-profit
corporation applying jointly.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-B - Youth Center Facility Program Established.

§ 527-b. Youth  center  facility  program established. There is hereby
  established within the division a youth center  facility  program.  Such
  program   shall   provide   financing  through  the  award  of  facility
  rehabilitation grants or new facility project grants  and  new  facility
  operation agreements for the construction, reconstruction, renovation or
  demolition  of  any area, building, structure or facility, including all
  necessary and attendant and related facilities and equipment, for use by
  the youth of the community which promotes the health, safety or  general
  welfare  of  the youth community and which advances the physical, mental
  and social well-being of the youth of the  community.  Nothing  in  this
  title shall authorize any expenditure of funds for operating costs.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-C - Facility Rehabilitation Grants.

§ 527-c. Facility  rehabilitation  grants.  Within  the limit of funds
  made available by appropriation from the youth centers facility fund, as
  established by section ninety-seven-ff of the  state  finance  law,  the
  division is hereby authorized to award facility rehabilitation grants to
  eligible   applicants   for  all  or  a  portion  of  project  costs  to
  rehabilitate youth centers subject to the terms and conditions  of  this
  title.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-D - New Facility Project Grants.

§ 527-d. New  facility  project  grants.  1. Within the limit of funds
  made available by appropriation from the youth centers facility fund  as
  established  by  section  ninety-seven-ff  the  state  finance  law, the
  division is hereby authorized to make awards to municipalities  for  the
  acquisition,  demolition,  design  and construction of areas, buildings,
  structures or facilities owned or to be owned by a municipality and used
  as a youth center. A municipality or a municipality acting jointly  with
  a not-for-profit corporation may be awarded a new facility project grant
  pursuant  to  this  title  provided  that  title  to  any  of such area,
  building, structure  or  facilities  is  acquired  and/or  held  by  the
  municipality.
2. No new facility project grant shall be awarded to a municipality or
  a  municipality  and  a not-for-profit corporation acting jointly unless
  the agreement as provided for in section five hundred twenty-seven-g  of
  this  title also contains provisions which provide that in the event the
  municipality discontinues use  of  the  facility  financed  by  the  new
  facility  project  grant  as  a  youth center facility during the period
  specified in the agreement as provided for in such section five  hundred
  twenty-seven-g, the project cost shall become due and owing to the state
  and  shall  be  payable  from  any  amounts  of  state  aid to which the
  municipality would be entitled.
3. No municipality which receives a new facility project  grant  shall
  be  required  to  establish  a reserve fund and no reserve fund shall be
  considered part of the project cost for such project.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-E - New Facility Operation Agreements.

§ 527-e. New  facility operation agreements. 1. The division is hereby
  authorized  to  enter  into  new  facility  operation  agreements   with
  not-for-profit  corporations.  Such  agreements  shall  provide  for the
  operation of a program by a not-for-profit corporation at a youth center
  constructed by or on behalf of the division and to which the state holds
  title. Any not-for-profit corporation which  seeks  to  operate  such  a
  program  shall  submit  an  application  to  the  division in the manner
  provided for in this  title.  In  addition  to  any  other  requirements
  imposed  pursuant  to section five hundred twenty-seven-g of this title,
  any such agreement shall provide that the lease from the  state  to  the
  not-for-profit  corporation  shall provide that, in lieu of any periodic
  rental or lease payment for use  of  the  facility,  the  not-for-profit
  corporation  shall  continue  to  operate  the program as approved for a
  period of time as approved by the division (not exceeding thirty  years)
  and that the responsibility for the general maintenance and operation of
  the   facility   shall  be  the  responsibility  of  the  not-for-profit
  corporation.
2. At the request of a municipality, the division may enter into a new
  facility operation agreement wherein the municipality operates a program
  at a youth center constructed by or on behalf of  the  division  and  to
  which  the  state  holds  title,  or  such  program  is  operated  by  a
  not-for-profit corporation, pursuant to a contract with the division  or
  a municipality.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-I - Waterfront Commission Act › Title 3-A - Youth Center Facility Program › 527-G - Agreement Requirements.

§ 527-g. Agreement  requirements.  1. The division shall enter into an
agreement with an approved  applicant  which  shall  require  that  such
applicant as owner and/or operator of such facility shall:
(a)  operate and manage or provide for the management of such facility
in a manner consistent with the terms of its approved application  as  a
youth  center  facility at all times during the period of time specified
(not to exceed thirty years in the case of a new facility project  grant
or  fifteen  years in the case of a facility rehabilitation grant). Such
agreement shall also require the repayment of project costs  other  than
the  costs necessary for the creation of the reserve fund if the site of
such youth facility center  project  ceases  to  be  utilized  for  such
purpose  at  any  time during the period specified and shall specify the
procedures for such repayment; and
(b) execute such other agreements and provide such  other  information
as  the  division  may  determine  to  be  necessary  to  carry  out the
provisions of this title.
2. The agreement shall also  contain  provisions  which  prohibit  any
municipality  or not-for-profit corporation receiving awards pursuant to
this title from (i) engaging in any activities promoting  any  political
candidate  or  party;  or  (ii)  expending  funds received from any such
awards in activities the purpose of which is to influence legislation.