NY S 1707

in committee

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsperson as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with their official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsperson records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-01-13
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
referral-committee

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Related bills

Prior session: A 1904
Prior session: A 2552
Prior session: A 905
Prior session: S 7672
Companion bill: A 6322
Prior session: A 9939not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1707?summary=&detail=

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