The Future of Sentencing in New York State: Recommendations for Reform

A Report of the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform, dated January 30, 2009 and released on February 3, 2009.

The Report, Future of Sentencing in New York State, calls for reforms to New York Stae drug laws; determinate sentencing, graduated and sanctions for parole violators are among the other recommendations offered.It provides the Governor, Legislature and Judiciary with several different options for historic reform.The State Commission on Sentencing Reform is a bi-partisan panel that has spent nearly two years studying New York States sentencing statutes before releasing this Report
Also see the Press Release announcing release of thr Report and New York State Executive Order Number 10 (March 5, 2007) under which the Commission was created:

http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/pio/press_releases/2009-02-03_pressrelease.html

Executive Order No. 10 by former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, issued on March 5, 2007, established the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform.