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...
Crime victims groups push parole overhaul in New York
Signers on the letter first shared with POLITICO argued that victims are not always served by the harshest punishments April 25, 2022: Erin Durkin, POLITICO Pro