New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A2592: Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions
Status: In committee, April 30, 2026
Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.
What the bill says
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to commissaries or canteens in correctional institutions.
From the amended text, April 23, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to commissaries or canteens in correctional institutions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 26 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: § 26. [Establishment of commissaries] COMMISSARIES or canteens in correctional institutions. 1. The commissioner may authorize the head of any institution in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen in such institution for the use and benefit of incarcerated individuals. ITEMS SOLD AT THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN SHALL BE SOLD AT NO MORE THAN THREE PERCENT OVER THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR SUCH ITEMS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAXIMIZE DISCOUNTS PROCURED BY BULK PURCHASING COMMISSARY ITEMS OR THROUGH OTHER CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT REDUCE THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS, AND SHALL NOT RECEIVE COMMISSIONS, REVENUE, OR OTHER FINANCIAL INCENTIVES IN ANY CONTRACT WITH A SELLER, SUPPLIER, OR VENDOR OF COMMISSARY ITEMS. The moneys received by the head of the institution as profits from the sales of the commissary or canteen shall be deposited in a special fund to be known as the commissary or canteen fund and such funds shall be used for the general purposes of the institution subject to the provisions of …
Sponsors
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D, 141) · primary sponsor
- Christopher Burdick (D, 93)
- Sarahana Shrestha (D, 103)
- Zohran Mamdani (D, 36)
- Gabriella Romero (D, 109)
- Micah Lasher (D, 69)
- Forrest, Phara Souffrant (I, 57)
- Nader Sayegh (D, 90)
- Emily Gallagher (D, 50)
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39)
- Demond Meeks (D, 137)
- Brian Cunningham (D, 43)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S1692B
- : ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.399
- : REPORTED
- : PRINT NUMBER 2592B
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : PRINT NUMBER 2592A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION
Votes
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable (April 28, 2026): 23 yea, 10 nay, passed
Subjects: Correction Law
Common questions
- What is A2592?
- A2592 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions.
- What does A2592 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to commissaries or canteens in correctional institutions.
- What is the status of A2592?
- In committee as of April 30, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S1692B (June 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored A2592?
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D, 141), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A2592?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2592
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