Legislation Details

File #: Int 0789-2026    Version: Name: Court supervised release program court notification requirements.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Criminal Justice
On agenda: 3/26/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to court supervised release program court notification requirements
Sponsors: Harvey D. Epstein, Christopher Marte, Lynn C. Schulman, Shahana K. Hanif, Virginia Maloney , Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Gale A. Brewer, Frank Morano
Summary: This bill would require city contractors or subcontractors who operate a supervised release program to notify the court and all court parties regarding a missed telephone contact or office visit from one of their program participants within 10 days for participants under Tier 1, or lower level, supervision, or within 5 days for participants under Tier 2, or higher level, supervision.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 789-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 789, 3. Int. No. 789, 4. Memorandum in Support, 5. March 26, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 7. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-26-26, 8. Proposed Int. No. 789-A - 8/28/26

Proposed Int. No. 789-A

 

By Council Members Epstein, Marte, Schulman, Hanif, Maloney, Brooks-Powers and Morano

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to court supervised release program court notification requirements

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:

§ 9-313 Supervised Release Program Court Notifications. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Program participant. The term “program participant” means an individual participating in a supervised release program.

Program provider. The term “program provider” means an entity or individual, including a city contractor or subcontractor, that administers a supervised release program.

Supervised release program. The term “supervised release program” means a program that provides monitoring and supervision for a criminal defendant who is released from custody during the pendency of a prosecution under the condition that such defendant maintain contact with a program provider or otherwise participate in mandatory programming during such release.

Tier 1 supervision. The term “tier 1 supervision” means the tier of supervision within the supervised release program where, if such program uses levels to determine tiers, includes levels 1, 2, and 3, or, if such levels are not used for purposes of determining tiers, otherwise requires in person contact between a program participant and a program provider no more than twice per month.

Tier 2 supervision. The term “tier 2 supervision” means the tier of supervision within the supervised release program where, if such program uses levels to determine tiers, includes levels 4 and 5, or, if such levels are not used for purposes of determining tiers, otherwise requires more in-person contact between a program participant and program provider than than the contact required under tier 1 supervision.

b. Notification requirement. Any supervised release program must notify the court and all court parties including, but not limited to, a probation officer, court-ordered mental health provider, the attorney representing the program participant, and, when appropriate, the district attorney, regarding a missed telephone contact or office visit by a program participant within 10 days for a person under tier 1 supervision, or 5 days for a person under tier 2 supervision.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

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8/19/2026 4:21 PM