2021 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 12-B - State Board of Parole
259 - Definitions.

§  259.  Definitions.  When  used in this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
1. "Board" means the state board of parole.
2.  "Commissioner"  means  the  commissioner  of  the  department   of
  corrections and community supervision.
3.  "Community  supervision"  means  the  supervision  of  individuals
  released into the community on temporary release,  presumptive  release,
  parole, conditional release, post release supervision or medical parole.
4.  "Department"  means  the  department  of corrections and community
  supervision.
* 5. "Releasee" means an individual released from an institution under
  the jurisdiction of the  department  into  the  community  on  temporary
  release,  presumptive release, parole, conditional release, post-release
  supervision or medical parole.
* NB Effective March 1, 2022
* 6. "Technical violation" means any conduct that violates a condition
  of community  supervision  in  an  important  respect,  other  than  the
  commission of a new felony or misdemeanor offense under the penal law.
* NB Effective March 1, 2022
* 7.  "Non-technical  violation"  means:  (a)  the commission of a new
  felony or misdemeanor offense; or (b)  conduct  by  a  releasee  who  is
  serving  a  sentence  for an offense defined in article 130 of the penal
  law or section 255.26 or 255.27 of such law, and such conduct violated a
  specific condition reasonably related to such  offense  and  efforts  to
  protect the public from the commission of a repeat of such offense.
* NB Effective March 1, 2022
* 8.  "Absconding" means intentionally avoiding supervision by failing
  to maintain  contact  or  communication  with  the  releasee's  assigned
  community supervision officer or area bureau office and to notify his or
  her  assigned  community  supervision officer or area bureau office of a
  change in residence, and reasonable efforts by  the  assigned  community
  supervision officer to re-engage the releasee have been unsuccessful.
* NB Effective March 1, 2022