CLEMENCY PLEA
Nick Reisman / Politico — CLEMENCY PLEA: Left-leaning advocates are pressuring Hochul to use her clemency powers amid a backlog of 1,600 applications...
From the Capitol: GONZALEZ BACKS PAROLE BILLS
Nick Reisman / Politico — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is backing two bills to ease the release of older and parole-eligible inmates — giving law enforcement heft to measures being pushed by lefty criminal justice advocates...
MeToo movement founder backs crime victims and parole law changes in NY
By: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1 - Changes to New York's victims' compensation law as well as a proposed overhaul of parole are being backed by a founder of the MeToo movement, advocates announced this week....
New York support builds for making parole easier for people with long sentences
By: Nick Reisman, Spectrum News 1 - "A proposal that would make it easier for people who have served more than a decade in prison to be considered for parole is gaining ground in the state Senate with a majority of lawmakers in the chamber now signing on to support the bill...."