2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 23 - (640 - 649) FAIR TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CRIME VICTIMS
646*2 - Objectives.

* § 646. Objectives.  The  object  of  these  fair treatment standards
  shall be to:
    1. Ensure that crime victims are given information on the following:
    (a) the role of the victims in the criminal justice process, including
  what they can expect from the system as well as what the system  expects
  from them;
    (b)  stages in the criminal justice process of significance to a crime
  victim, and the manner in which information about  such  stages  can  be
  obtained; and
    (c) how the court can address the needs of the victims at sentencing.
    2. Ensure routine notification of a victim or witness as to steps that
  the  court  can take to protect victims and witnesses from intimidation,
  including the issuance of orders of protection and temporary  orders  of
  protection.
    3.  Ensure  notification  of  victims,  witnesses,  relatives of those
  victims and witnesses who are minors, and relatives of homicide victims,
  if such persons provide the appropriate court official  with  a  current
  address  and  telephone number, either by phone or by mail, if possible,
  of judicial proceedings relating to their case, including:
    (a) the initial appearance of an accused before a judicial officer;
    (b) the release of an accused pending judicial proceedings;
    (c) proceedings in the prosecution of the accused, including entry  of
  a plea of guilty, trial, sentencing, and where a term of imprisonment is
  imposed,  specific  information  shall be provided regarding maximum and
  minimum terms of such imprisonment; and
    (d) the reversal or modification  of  the  judgment  by  an  appellate
  court.
    * NB There are 2 § 646's