New York Consolidated Laws, Correction Law - COR § 203. Regulations for release of certain sex offenders

1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations that shall include guidelines and procedures on the placement of sex offenders designated as level two or level three offenders pursuant to article six-C of this chapter.  Such regulations shall provide instruction on certain factors to be considered when investigating and approving the residence of level two or level three sex offenders released on presumptive release, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision.  Such factors shall include the following:

2. The department shall have the duty, prior to the release to community supervision of an incarcerated individual designated a level two or three sex offender pursuant to the sex offender registration act, to provide notification to the local social services district in the county in which the incarcerated individual expects to reside, when information available or any other pre-release procedures indicates that such incarcerated individual is likely to seek to access local social services for homeless persons.  The department shall provide such notice, when practicable, thirty days or more before such incarcerated individual's release, but in any event, in advance of such incarcerated individual's arrival in the jurisdiction of such local social services district.