By: Graham Rayman, New York Daily News
A higher percentage of whites up for parole are released than people of color — and the gap appears to be widening — according to a new study from NYU Law School.
During the first four months of 2023, the state Parole Board released 45% of white prisoners who appeared before it, compared to 32.4% of all people of color who had hearings, researchers at NYU Law’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law and the Vera Institute found…