N.Y. CPL Law § 440.50

§ 440.50 Notice to crime victims of case disposition.\n 1. Upon the request of a victim of a crime, or in any event in all\ncases in which the final disposition includes a conviction of a violent\nfelony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, a felony\ndefined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law, or a felony\ndefined in article one hundred thirty of such law, the district attorney\nshall, within sixty days of the final disposition of the case, inform\nthe victim by letter of such final disposition. If such final\ndisposition results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of\nthe department of corrections and community supervision for an\nindeterminate sentence, the notice provided to the crime victim shall\nalso inform the victim of his or her right to submit a written,\naudiotaped, or videotaped victim impact statement to the department of\ncorrections and community supervision or to meet personally with a\nmember of the state board of parole at a time and place separate from\nthe personal interview between a member or members of the board and the\nincarcerated individual and make such a statement, subject to procedures\nand limitations contained in rules of the board, both pursuant to\nsubdivision two of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the executive\nlaw. A copy of such letter shall be provided to the board of parole. The\nright of the victim under this subdivision to submit a written victim\nimpact statement or to meet personally with a member of the state board\nof parole applies to each personal interview between a member or members\nof the board and the incarcerated individual.\n 2. As used in this section, "victim" means any person alleged or\nfound, upon the record, to have sustained physical or financial injury\nto person or property as a direct result of the crime charged or a\nperson alleged or found to have sustained, upon the record, an offense\nunder article one hundred thirty of the penal law, or in the case of a\nhomicide or minor child, the victim's family.\n 3. As used in this section, "final disposition" means an ultimate\ntermination of the case at the trial level including, but not limited\nto, dismissal, acquittal, or imposition of sentence by the court, or a\ndecision by the district attorney, for whatever reason, to not file the\ncase.\n