By NOAH POWELSON / QUEENS DAILY EAGLE
With a little over a month until lawmakers return to Albany, lawmakers and advocates reignited a multi-year long effort to reform the parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals.
Elected officials, prison reform advocates and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rallied at Foley Square outside federal and state courthouses on Monday, calling on the governor and lawmakers to pass two bills into law that would give elderly prisoners new pathways to parole. The rally in Foley Square was just one of seven taking place across the state on Monday, with rallies being held in Hudson Valley, Long Island, outside Sing Sing prison and others.
Rallygoers called for the passage of the Fair and Timely Parole bill and the Elder Parole bill, which have seen slow building momentum since first being introduced in 2017….