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The New York state legislature is scheduled to end its session in mid-June. Lawmakers have a long list of priorities they hope to finish before then. ....
“Yes we punish the criminals, but [make sure] that the punishment fits the crime, and that you don’t continue to pay for the crime long after you’ve done the time.” ....
ALBANY, NY Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, Senator Daphne Jordan, along with members of the Senate Republican Conference today unveiled a Parole Reform package designed to protect crime victims by fixing the Governor’s out-of-control Parole Board and keeping violent criminals behind bars. As Democrats in Albany continue to advance policies that could release New York’s most dangerous criminals, Senate Republicans stood unified in their latest, ongoing push to restore common sense and public safety throughout the state.
“Herman Bell. Anthony Bottom. Richard Rivera. ....
Albany, N.Y., June 1 State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats) joined Senate Republican colleagues at a Capitol news conference this afternoon to reject pro-criminal policies being pushed by the Legislature’s Democrat majorities and to advance a package of parole reform legislation that O’Mara and his colleagues say put crime victims and safe communities first.
O’Mara said, “Enough is enough and we need to stand up, speak out, and fight against the pro-criminality mentality that keeps going too far in New York State. ....
WBFO Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports. Criminal justice reform tops the list for many Democratic Senators and Assemblymembers, including changes to the state’s parole system. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, speaking on public radio station WCNY’s The Capitol Pressroom, says she backs reforms to the state’s parole system. Credit Avery Schneider / WBFO News “Yes we punish the criminals, but (make sure) that the punishment fits the crime,” Stewart-Cousins said, and that you don’t continue to pay for the crime long after you’ve done the time.” Measures under consideration include the Elder Parole Act, which would give inmates an automatic parole hearing if they are over the age of 55 and have served 15 years of their sentence. Another measure, known as the Fair and Timely Parole Act, would require parole boards to give more weight to a person’s rehabilitation record in prison than to the crime that they originally committe ....