By REUVEN BLAU / THE CITY
Some of the most powerful actors in New York’s criminal justice system — district attorneys, prison superintendents and even the judges who imposed the original sentences — have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to people serving decades behind bars.
Until this week, she hadn’t freed a single one.
On Tuesday afternoon, Hochul issued sentence commutations for two incarcerated men — her first clemency action of the year — after months of inaction that left hundreds of applicants, including people backed by prosecutors and prison officials, waiting for any sign the governor would follow through on her promise to grant clemency on a “rolling basis.” …