Dechimay v. New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hartman, J.), entered August 19, 2016 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying his application for merit termination of his sentence.

In 2011, petitioner was convicted of scheme to defraud in the first degree and other crimes, sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 3 to 9 years and ordered to pay in excess of $7 million in restitution. The convictions stem from his conduct as a hedge fund manager in operating a Ponzi scheme that…