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Criminal Courts

Actual Innocence Claims

Report by the Criminal Justice Operations and Criminal Courts Committees in support of amending the Criminal Procedure Law §440 to provide for Actual Innocence Claims, February 2012.

  • 44th Street Blog: "Criminal Justice — by Samuel W. Seymour" - March 19, 2012

Bail Payments

Proposal by the Criminal Courts Committee to expand the permissable forms of bail payment to include credit cards, March 2011.

Ineffective Assistance to Counsel

Report by the Criminal Justice Operations and Criminal Courts Committees on the codification of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on appeal, February 2012.

  • 44th Street Blog: "Criminal Justice — by Samuel W. Seymour" - March 19, 2012

Immigration Detainers

Int. 0982-2012 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to persons not to be detained.
Int. 0989-2012 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to persons not to be detained by the Department of Correction.

  • Letter to the New York City Council from the Criminal Courts, Civil Rights, Corrections & Community Reentry, Domestic Violence , and Immigration & Nationality Law Committees regarding the City’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) with respect to the holding of immigrant New Yorkers subject to ICE detainers, January 9, 2013.
  • Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration on Int. 982 and Int. 989, January 25, 2013.
  • Both bills signed into law by the Mayor - March 18, 2013

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Int. 0656-2011 - a local law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to persons not to be detained.

  • Report in support of legislation by the Committee on Corrections and Community Reentry, Committee on Criminal Courts and the Committee on Immigration & Nationality Law, September 2011.
  • Testimony before the New York City Council's Immigration Committee, October 3, 2011.
  • Signed into law by the Mayor - November 22, 2011

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Proposal by the the Committee on Corrections and Community Reentry, Committee on Criminal Courts and the Committee on Immigration & Nationality Law to limit collaboration between the New York City Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, February 2011.

Probation Sentences

A.4582 (AM O'Donnell) / S.6880 (Sen. Golden) - Would amend the penal law to change mandatory terms of probation to discretionary terms and to authorize the court to increase the term of probation to the maximum in the event of a violation.

  • Report in support of legislation by the Civil Courts and the Corrections and Community Reentry Committee, Reissued February 2013.

Violent Felony Offenders

A.9019 (AM Gabryszak) / S.3645-C (Sen. Griffo) - Enacts "Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders.

  • Report in opposition to legislation by the Criminal Courts Committee  and Corrections and Community Reentry Committee, March 2012.

 

 

For a full list of committee reports, click here.

 


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