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STATUTORY AMENDMENTS REPEALING MANDATORY SURCHARGES AND CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE FEES FOR YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS WERE REMEDIAL IN NATURE AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, modifying Supreme Court, determined the statutory amendments which went into effect while the appeal was pending were remedial and therefore should be applied retroactively. The amendments repealed the imposition of mandatory surcharges and crime victim assistance fees for youthful offenders:

Permitting juveniles whose direct appeals were pending when the amendments were enacted to benefit from them would further the legislative purpose of removing unreasonable financial burdens placed on juveniles and enhancing their chances for successful rehabilitation and reintegration. … [P]rospective application would undermine the legislative goals by continuing the recognized inequity created by imposition of the surcharges and fees and leaving youth at risk for future “devastating” consequences should they be unable to pay. Indeed, the Legislature conveyed “a sense of urgency” in correcting these problems by providing that the amendments would take effect immediately … .

… [R]etroactive application of the amendments would not result in unfairness or impair substantive rights … . The subject surcharges and fees, which are “nonpunitive,” were enacted strictly as a revenue raising measure … . People v Dyshawn B., 2021 NY Slip Op 04487, Second Dept 7-21-21

 

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