MATTER OF SIAO-PAO v. Dennison

Sep 16, 2008

Versions:11 N.Y.3d 777

896 N.E.2d 87

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

*778 The courts below applied the correct legal standards and properly considered the Board of Parole’s written determination, which, when evaluated in the context of the parole hearing transcript, demonstrated that the Board considered the required statutory factors (see Executive Law § 259-i; Matter of Silmon v Travis, 95 NY2d 470, 476 [2000]). The Board’s written determination, while less detailed than it might be, is not merely “conclusory” and so does not violate Executive Law § 259-i (2) (a) (i).

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum.