Division of Parole
The enacted budget passed by the Legislature made the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 31, 2005):
· Adds $2.1 million in a maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Parole Operations program to fund 47 full-time positions within the Division of Parole
Adds $200,000 in a maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Parole Operations program because it rejected the Executive’s proposal to extend the time period parole violation warrants for out-of-State-parolees must be effectuated.
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 20, 2005):
· A year end workforce of 2,022 FTEs, which represents a decrease of 67 FTEs from the estimated FTE workforce for 3/31/05. All reductions are in the Parole Operations Program, which is reduced from 2,089 FTEs to 2,022 FTEs. The recently enacted Rockefeller Drug Law reform law will result in up to several hundred drug offenders being released from prison and onto parole supervision who normally would not have been released. In addition, drug offenders will be serving less time in DOCS facilities and will be released onto parole supervision more quickly than they have been released. Furthermore the executive budget estimates that the DOCS inmate population will decrease by 1,000 during SFY2005-06. These factors should result in more parolees to supervise than would have been supervised under the old law. Given these facts, there is no justification for a decrease in the number of parole officers and Parole management should be asked to provide an explanation at Labor/Management.
- An all funds appropriation of $149.6 million, a decrease of $4.7 million from 2004-05.
- A decrease of $118,000 (1.8%) in personal service for the Administration Program. It is not clear how this appropriation will fund the same number of FTEs with a negotiated salary increase. This should be questioned at Labor/Management.
- An increase of $4.8 million in the Parole Operations program. This includes a $3.4 million (3.2%) increase in personal service and a $1.3 million increase (5.1%) in nonpersonal service. The nonpersonal service includes a contractual services increase of $1 million. The purpose of this contractual service increase should be questioned at Labor/Management.
- Article VII legislation proposes requiring the Division of Parole to provide an alleged parole violator who was taken into custody outside of New York with notice of the time, place, and purpose of a preliminary revocation hearing within ten days from the date that the parole violation warrant was formally executed. Similar legislation was proposed by the Governor last year but was not enacted by the Legislature.
Program Details-State Operations
Enacted
Proposed
Enacted
Change in
Percent
Program
2004-05 Budget
2005-06 Budget
2005-06 Budget
Appropriation
Change
All Funds
$144,942,000
$149,626,000
$151,926,000
$6,984,000
4.8%
General Fund
$143,617,000
$148,301,000
$150,601,000
$6,984,000
4.9%
Special Revenue - Federal
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$0
0.0%
Special Revenue-Other
$825,000
$825,000
$825,000
$0
0.0%
$0
Administration
$8,157,000
$8,042,000
$8,042,000
0.0%
Personal Service
$6,594,000
$6,476,000
$6,476,000
($118,000)
-1.8%
Nonpersonal Service
$1,563,000
$1,566,000
$1,566,000
$3,000
0.2%
$0
Parole Operations
$136,785,000
$141,584,000
$143,884,000
0.0%
Personal Service
$108,508,000
$111,931,000
$111,931,000
$3,423,000
3.2%
Nonpersonal Service
$26,952,000
$28,328,000
$28,328,000
$1,376,000
5.1%
Maintenance Undistributed
$0
$0
$2,300,000
$2,300,000
100.0%
Special Revenue - Federal (SRF)
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$0
0.0%
Special Revenue-Other (SRO)
$825,000
$825,000
$825,000
$0
0.0%
Federal Projects (SRF)
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$0
0.0%
Parole Officers Memorial (SRO)
$425,000
$425,000
$425,000
$0
0.0%
DOP Asset Forfeiture (SRO)
$400,000
$400,000
$400,000
$0
0.0%