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Proposed Regulation Regarding Executive Compensation
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 38, issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 18, 2012, the Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services has issued the following regulation governing the use of State funds and State-authorized payments in connection with certain providers providing program services to members of the public. Public comment will be received until 45 days after publication in the State Register.
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Tip Line Targets Illegal Guns
New York State now has a toll-free, anonymous hotline – 1-855-GUNS-NYS (1-855-486-7697) – designed to get illegal guns off the streets. Staffed 24-hours a day, the hotline is the place to call with information that will help authorities identify and investigate individuals who are carrying illegal firearms.
Callers will remain anonymous; if a tip leads to someone being arrested for illegal firearm possession, the caller who provided the lead will receive $500.
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New York Marks Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has designated April 22-28 as Crime Victims' Rights Week in New York State. Recognized since 1981, Crime Victims' Rights Week calls attention to the life-changing impact crime has on victims and their loved ones, highlights services available to assist crime victims and reinforces the message that victims’ voices need to be heard throughout the criminal justice process. This year’s theme is "Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim."
New York State, through its Office of Victim Services (OVS), ensures an important safety net when crime victims and their families have nowhere else to turn for help, all at no cost to taxpayers. Funding for crime victims' compensation – as well as OVS operations and grants the agency provides to a network of 189 victims' assistance programs across the state – comes entirely from fines, mandatory surcharges and crime victim assistance fees that certain offenders pay after conviction in either New York State or federal court.
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Crime Victims Share Their Stories, Support DNA Databank Expansion
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched an online map featuring videos and written testimonials from crime victims, family members, victims' advocates and law enforcement officials throughout the state to discuss the importance of expanding the DNA Databank.
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Justice for New Yorkers
To better protect New Yorkers and improve the state's criminal justice system, Governor Cuomo has proposed legislation to expand the state's DNA Databank to include anyone convicted of any felony or Penal Law misdemeanor.
Law enforcement, crime victims and crime victim advocates from all around the state have joined together to support this important legislation.
A mother of a rape survivor, Ann, shared her story of how the DNA Databank identified her daughter’s rapist 10 years later, and only after the state expanded the Databank to include people convicted of petit larceny.
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New York State launches Domestic Incident Report Repository
New secure, online database gives law enforcement cross-jurisdictional access to information about reported incidents of domestic violence in the Upstate and Long Island counties. For the first time, law enforcement will be able to search for incident information regardless of which police agency responded to a call or filed a report.
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Sex offender locator now available via Facebook
Facebook users can now access information about medium- and high-risk sex offenders living in their neighborhood, next to their workplace or near their child’s school with just a few clicks – and without leaving the popular social networking site.
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Crime in New York State continues to decline; reported crime at lowest point in decades last year
Crime in New York State declined 4.4 percent during the first six months of 2011, as compared to the same timeframe last year, with reductions reported statewide in each of the seven index crime categories. At the same time, final crime statistics for 2010 show that overall reported crime in the state was at its lowest level since 1975.
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Domestic Homicide in New York State: 2010 report now available
Intimate partner homicides declined 19 percent statewide last year, with law enforcement agencies reporting 73 homicides as compared to 90 each in 2009 and 2008, according to the 2010 Domestic Homicide Report released by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). As in previous years, the report shows that women continue to be most at risk for violence by someone they know: 44 percent of the adult female homicide victims in the state were killed by their intimate partner; only 1.7 percent of all adult male homicide victims were killed by an intimate partner.