NYC Council · Int 0246-2026 · Laid Over in Committee

Returning funds remaining in commissary accounts when incarcerated individuals are released from custody.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Jan 29, 2026

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to returning funds remaining in commissary accounts when incarcerated individuals are released from custody” Read the full text

Criminal Justice

What it does

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.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Introduced by Council · Jan 29, 2026

Referred to Comm by Council · Jan 29, 2026

Hearing Held by Committee · Feb 19, 2026

Committee on Criminal Justice

Laid Over by Committee · Feb 19, 2026 · the latest recorded action

Committee on Criminal Justice

Who decides next

This bill sits with the Criminal Justice committee. These members decide whether it ever reaches a vote; 99% of bills a committee approves become law.

Selvena N. Brooks-Powers · chair Frank Morano Gale A. Brewer Mercedes Narcisse Oswald J. Feliz Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam

This committee’s full record