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This bill allows certain immigrants with non-violent convictions to receive confidential help and consultation on executive clemency petitions.
Why it matters
Expands support for immigrants with non-violent convictions. by ensuring they can access confidential consultations about executive clemency, which may help them avoid deportation and rebuild their lives.
Protects sensitive personal information. by prohibiting the disclosure of identifying details gathered during clemency consultations, unless required by court order, reducing fear of exposure or repercussions for applicants.
Signals a policy shift toward rehabilitation and integration. for certain immigrants, prioritizing second chances and legal support over punitive measures, and potentially impacting families and communities by keeping more people together.
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Confidential Clemency Help for Immigrants
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Confidential Help for Immigrants
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Anna Kaplan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3035
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing certain immigrants with confidential consultation and assistance on potential petitions for executive clemency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of the executive law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
(m) Encourage and assist local governments in the development of activities to enhance civic engagement among immigrants and in immigrant communities; [and]
(n) Provide or arrange for confidential consultation with an immigrant who has a prior conviction for one or more offenses or crimes, other than violent crimes or other crimes of a serious nature that might justify deportation of such individual, on the potential availability of executive clemency pursuant to article two-A of this chapter, and provide or arrange for assistance with the filing of petitions therefor; and
(o) Beginning in two thousand fifteen, by June fifteenth of each year, produce a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the temporary president of the senate describing the activities of the office, including but not limited to, summarizing calls received through the hotline and website, information on ESOL training services provided by the office, the number of immigrants assisted through the opportunity centers, or an estimation thereof, the status of any workforce development programs, and any other relevant information.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless disclosure is required by lawful court order, no personally-identifiable information obtained by the Office for New Americans or any agent thereof for the
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purpose of confidential consultation and assistance related to a potential petition for executive clemency shall be disclosed to any other person or entity without the consent of the individual to whom such information pertains.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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