N.Y. Correction Law § 149: Released incarcerated individuals; notification to sheriff, police, and district attorney

§ 149. Released incarcerated individuals; notification to sheriff,

police, and district attorney. In the case of any incarcerated

individual convicted of a felony, it shall be the duty of the department

at least forty-eight hours prior to the release of any such incarcerated

individual from a correctional facility to notify the chief of police

both of the city, town or village in which such incarcerated individual

proposes to reside and of the city, town or village in which such

incarcerated individual resided at the time of his or her conviction and

the district attorney of the county where the offense for which the

incarcerated individual is incarcerated was prosecuted, of the

contemplated release of such incarcerated individual, informing such

chief of police and the district attorney of the name and aliases of the

incarcerated individual, the address at which he or she proposes to

reside, the amount of time remaining to be served, if any, on the full

term for which he or she was sentenced, and the nature of the crime for

which he or she was sentenced, transmitting at the same time to the

chief of police a copy of such incarcerated individual's fingerprints

and photograph. Where such incarcerated individual proposes to reside

outside of a city, such notification shall be sent to the sheriff of the

county in which such incarcerated individual proposes to reside. Such

notification may be provided by electronic transmission to those willing

jurisdictions that have the capability of receiving electronic

transmission notification. Any chief of police or sheriff who receives

notification of a released incarcerated individual pursuant to this

section may request and receive from the division of criminal justice

services a report containing a summary of such incarcerated individual's

criminal record.