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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.790
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Companion bill
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Relates to the reuse plan for those prisons that are proposed to be closed
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Jeffrion Aubry
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the reuse plan for proposed prison closures
Purpose
To require the commissioner of economic development rather than the commissioner of the department of correctional services to issue an adaptive reuse plan for state prison facilities slated for closure.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends section 79-b of the correction law to require the commissioner of economic development to issue an adaptive reuse plan for state prison facilities slated for closure. The bill also adds the commissioner of the office of general services and local government officials to the list of stakeholders that should be consulted in preparing such adaptive reuse plan.
Justification
Current law requires the commissioner of the department of correctional services. (DOCS) to provide at least twelve months notice of a prison closure to all local governments of any political subdivision in which the correctional facility is located as well as to the relevant labor organizations. In addition, the DOCS commissioner is charged with issuing an adaptive reuse plan for state prison facilities slated for closure. Such plan must be issued no later than six months prior to the effective date of the facility closure.
While the DOCS commissioner is in the best position to determine when it's necessary to close a state correctional facility, he is not in the best position to determine the most appropriate and economically viable reuse of such facility once it is closed. Since the closure of state correctional facilities can often have significant economic consequences for the local community in which the facility is located, the commissioner of economic development - with oversight of all economic development issues throughout New York State - is best positioned to develop and issue a reuse plan. Therefore, this bill shifts the responsibility to issue a reuse plan for prisons slated for closure to the commissioner of economic development. Further, all stakeholders should be consulted in the development of a reuse plan. This bill makes clear that local government officials as well as other relevant agencies and authorities must be consulted.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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