By TOM ESCHEN / CBS 6 ALBANY / WRGB
A discrepancy with “no rational explanation” is causing criminal justice advocates to call for Governor Kathy Hochul to make changes to New York’s parole board, and for the legislature to pass parole reform bills this session.
It’s rooted in a report by the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at NYU, which analyzed data from 2022 to March 2025, finding that after a State Parole Board hearing, the board was 33 percent more likely to release a white person, compared to a black person. The Center says they believe the parole board is acting more like a resentencing body compared to evaluating a person’s ability to be released…