ADVOCATES WELCOME PARDONS OF SIX PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, YET CONDEMN GOV. HOCHUL’S FAILURE TO GRANT COMMUTATIONS TO ANY OF THE TENS OF

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RAPP Statement, August 28 5, 2026 — (New York) Today, Governor Kathy Hochul granted six pardons to people living in the community, all of whom had transformed their lives and needed and deserved this relief. However, she failed to act on a single clemency application from any incarcerated people, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis in her prison system...