White v. Vincent

Petitioner applied for temporary release on a furlough program for the purpose of seeking employment, as provided in article 26 of the Correction Law. His application was denied based on the following reasons: "(a) lengthy criminal history, (b) parole absconder, (c) nature of present offense, and (d) poor risk.”

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding petitioner maintains that the reasons furnished for rejection of his application were meaningless, and contrary to the truth. He seeks judicial review of the determination of respondents requesting that adequate and substantial reasons for the denial…