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As Hochul Makes New Promises in State of the State, Last Year’s Parole Pledge Is Still Waiting

January 11, 2023

By: Chris Gelardi and Sam Mellins, New York Focus

This time last year, Hochul promised to fully staff the parole board. But vacancies have only grown — and went unmentioned in this year’s agenda.

Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address on January 10, 2023. | Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

FOR HER ANNUAL State of the State address on Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul outlined nearly 150 policy priorities, on topics ranging from housing construction to health care to climate adaptation to bail. But she omitted at least one notable subject: the New York State Board of Parole.

As part of her first State of the State last year, Hochul promised to fully staff the parole board, which was at that point down four members from its maximum of 19. It was one of the many ways she hoped to signal a departure from her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, who left the board chronically understaffed. But a year after Hochul’s promise, the board has lost staff, going from four vacancies to five.

Advocates who work with incarcerated people say that a fully staffed board is critical to a functioning parole system.

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Category: News Articlestag: Avi Small, Darryl Towns, Kathy Hochul, Michelle Lewin, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, New York State Bar Association, parole, Parole Preparation Project, Release Aging People in Prison, TeAna Taylor

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