S 7092: Relates to creating an appeals process for the district attorney in the county where the crime was committed where family members of a victim or persons residing in a county where an offender committed a crime can appeal the board's decision to release the offender if the offender committed certain criminal offenses.
What S 7092 does, verified January 10, 2026
The proposed law aims to create an appeals process for the district attorney in cases where a person is released from prison. A victim, family members, or persons residing in the same county where the crime was committed can appeal the release decision. This appeal process only applies to individuals released after serving a sentence for specific offenses, such as violent crimes or sex offenses. The law also establishes a role for local district attorney offices in assisting with the appeal process. The law will take effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7092
- What is the current status of S 7092?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 7092 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 7092 pass?
- Not yet. S 7092 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7092, and where is it now?
- S 7092 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government. It is filed under CNT, alongside 26 other New York CNT bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7092 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the county law and the executive law, in relation to creating an appeals process for the district attorney The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 700 of the county law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 14 to read as follows: 3 14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon 4 the release of a person by the parole board, a victim, family members of 5 a victim or persons residing in the same county where such released 6 person committed the offense, may appeal such release to the district 7 attorney in the county where the crime was committed to request a 8 reversal of the release decision. This subdivision shall only apply to 9 persons released by the board that have served a sentence for an offense 10 defined in section 125.20, 125.25, 130.25, 130.30, or 130.35 of the 11 penal law, or is a level three sex offender as determined by the divi- 12 sion of criminal justice services. For purposes of this subdivision, 13 "family member" shall mean a spouse, parent, child, sibling, stepparent, 14 grandparent, stepchild, or grandchild. 15 § 2. Section 259-c of the executive law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 18 to read as follows: 17 18. assist local district attorney offices with the appeal process 18 established under subdivision fourteen of section seven hundred of the 19 county law. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11334-01-5
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