NYC Council Introduction 825

intro.nyc/0825-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Returning funds remaining in commissary accounts when incarcerated individuals are released from custody.
Status: Committee Committee on Criminal Justice
Sponsored by Crystal Hudson
Introduced: April 18, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Correction to inform persons in custody how much money remains in their commissary account and return all unused commissary funds, in cash, prior to an individual leaving the department’s custody.