S10210 • 2025

Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services

Crime

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Sponsor: Siela Bynoe
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Passed Senate
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services

Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

What This Bill Does

Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

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Bill History

2026-06-02 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-02 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-26 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-21 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-20 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1303
2026-05-05 Senate
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services
Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10210

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       May 5, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BYNOE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          Correction

        AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring the office
          of victim assistance to notify crime victims of  the  availability  of
          victim support services

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 12. VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES NOTICE. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DIRECT
     4  THE  OFFICE  OF  VICTIM ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE, UPON A CONVICTION FOR ANY
     5  CRIME, ANY VICTIM, OR IN THE CASE OF  A  HOMICIDE,  A  SURVIVING  FAMILY
     6  MEMBER,  OF  SUCH  CRIME  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF THE AVAILABILITY OF VICTIM
     7  SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS  IN  THE  STATE.  SUCH  WRITTEN  NOTICE  SHALL
     8  INCLUDE  A  STATEWIDE LISTING OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
     9  CRISIS INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY,  COUNSELING,  AND  OTHER  VICTIM  SUPPORT
    10  SERVICES AND SHALL INCLUDE A LINK TO THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF VICTIM
    11  SERVICES.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04140-01-5