A 45: Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.
The bill aims to establish an optional retirement stipend for certain incarcerated individuals over sixty-two years of age. To be eligible, the individual must have served at least five years of their sentence. If they choose to retire, they will receive a monthly stipend of thirty dollars. The commissioner will inform eligible individuals of their option to retire and document their decision if they choose to continue working. Individuals who refuse the retirement benefit can stop working and receive the benefit upon thirty days written notice. The bill does not excuse individuals from completing any required programs for parole release, but allows eligible individuals to stop working until such a program becomes available. The act will take effect one year after it becomes a law.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to correction |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 45 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing an optional retirement stipend for certain incarcerated individuals over sixty-two years of age The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 187 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. a. Any incarcerated individual over sixty-two years of age who has 4 served at least five years of such individual's sentence shall have the 5 option to stop participating in programs and work assignments under this 6 article and shall receive a monthly retirement stipend of thirty 7 dollars. 8 b. The commissioner shall inform each incarcerated individual who is 9 eligible for retirement under paragraph a of this subdivision of such 10 individual's option to retire. 11 c. If an eligible individual decides to continue working and refuses 12 the retirement stipend, the commissioner shall so note in writing. 13 d. Any incarcerated individual who has refused the retirement benefit 14 under paragraph c of this subdivision may elect to stop working and 15 receive such benefit upon thirty days written notice to the commission- 16 er. 17 e. Nothing in this subdivision shall excuse an individual from 18 completing any program required for parole release, provided, however, 19 that an eligible individual who is waiting for an opening in such a 20 program may stop working until such program becomes available. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 22 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any 23 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 24 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 25 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00021-01-5