While Governor Kathy Hochul has worked to ease the crisis facing New York’s prisons, she has yet to utilize a power granted only to her that could lead to the release of dozens, if not hundreds, of people locked for decades in New York’s prisons.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul’s promise to issue clemency on a rolling basis has stalled this year, concerning advocates who say hundreds of New Yorkers deserve a shot at release from prison.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul quietly granted clemency to over a dozen New Yorkers last week, just before the start of Memorial Day weekend.
Read MoreLast week, Governor Kathy Hochul granted clemency to seven New Yorkers, marking the first time she’s followed through on her promise to grant clemency on a rolling basis.
Read MoreLawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify many of the reforms Governor Kathy Hochul has promised to make to the state’s clemency process.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul granted clemency to a little more than a dozen New Yorkers on Wednesday, and publicly shared, for the first time, updates to the clemency reforms she promised a year ago but has been slow to act on.
Read MoreOn Christmas Eve of last year, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she planned to reform the state’s clemency process, one which advocates have long said is antiquated and opaque. While a number of those reforms have begun to take shape in recent months, others, including the one advocates say is the most important, have yet to see the light of day.
Read MoreHalf a year after Governor Kathy Hochul committed to reforming the state’s clemency process, New York’s top executive said changes should be coming soon.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul said changes to the clemency process were coming – half a year later, few have come to pass.
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