N.Y. Exec. Law § 646-a

§ 646-a. Information relative to the fair treatment standards;\npamphlet. 1. The district attorney shall provide the victim, at the\nearliest time possible, with an informational pamphlet detailing the\nrights of crime victims which shall be prepared by the division of\ncriminal justice services in consultation with the director of the\noffice of victim services and distributed to each district attorney's\noffice.\n 2. The pamphlet shall summarize provisions of this article. It shall\nalso include specific information with appropriate statutory references\non the following:\n (a) the rights of crime victims to compensation and services;\n (b) the rights of crime victims to routine notification of judicial\nproceedings relating to their case as provided in section six hundred\nforty-one of this article, in section 330.20, and section 440.50 of the\ncriminal procedure law and section one hundred forty-nine-a of the\ncorrection law;\n (c) the rights of crime victims to be protected from intimidation and\nto have the court, where appropriate, issue protective orders as\nprovided in sections 530.12 and 530.13 of the criminal procedure law and\nsections 215.15, 215.16 and 215.17 of the penal law;\n (d) the rights of crime victims to submit, where appropriate, a victim\nimpact statement for the pre-sentencing report and the parole hearing as\nprovided in section 390.30 of the criminal procedure law and section two\nhundred fifty-nine-i of this chapter;\n (e) the rights of crime victims, where a defendant is being sentenced\nfor a felony, to request the right to make a statement at the time of\nsentencing as provided in section 380.50 of the criminal procedure law;\nand\n (f) the rights of crime victims to request restitution and have the\ndistrict attorney present such request to the court and assist the crime\nvictim in the filing and collection of a restitution order in\ncooperation with the designated agency of the court as provided in\nsection 420.10 of the criminal procedure law and section 60.27 of the\npenal law.\n (g) the rights of crime victims to be aware of the defendant's\nincarceration status by providing the division of parole's contact\ninformation, including the division's toll-free telephone number, as\nprovided for in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of\nthis chapter. Such notice shall advise the crime victim to use the\ndivision's toll-free telephone number to update contact information.\n 3. This pamphlet shall provide space for the insertion of the\nfollowing information:\n (a) the address and phone number of the office of victim services;\n (b) the address and phone numbers of local victim service programs,\nwhere appropriate;\n (c) the name, phone number and office location of the person in the\ndistrict attorney's office to whom inquiries concerning the victims case\nmay be directed; and\n (d) any other information the division deems appropriate.\n 4. (a) The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services\nin consultation with the director of the office of victim services shall\ndevelop and prepare a standardized form for the use of district attorney\noffices for the purpose of reporting compliance with this section. The\nform is to be distributed to each district attorney. Every district\nattorney's office in the state shall complete the reporting form\nannually and send it to the director of the office of victim services by\nthe first day of January each year subsequent to the effective date of\nthis subdivision.\n (b) A copy of the report shall be retained by the district attorney\nand upon request, a victim of a crime or relative of a victim shall be\nentitled to receive from the district attorney a copy of their district\nattorney's annual report without charge. Any other person requesting a\ncopy of the report shall pay a fee not to exceed the actual cost of\nreproduction.\n