N.Y. Penal Law § 205.19: Absconding from a community treatment facility

* § 205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility.

A person is guilty of absconding from a community treatment facility

when having been released from confinement from a correctional

institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of

corrections and community supervision by transfer to a community

treatment facility, he or she leaves such facility without authorization

or he or she intentionally fails to return to the community treatment

facility at or before the time prescribed for his or her return.

Absconding from a community treatment facility is a class E felony.

* NB Expires September 1, 2027