Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Benza, J.), entered November 21, 2003 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.
Petitioner is serving a prison sentence of 8Vs to 25 years following his 1987 conviction of manslaughter in the first degree for shooting a man during an argument over money. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a November 2002 determination denying his request for parole release.
We are unpersuaded by petitioner’s contention that the determination was based upon an informal policy to deny parole to all violent felons rather than on the relevant statutory factors.
Cardona, PJ., Crew III, Carpinello, Mugglin and Lahtinen, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.
Although petitioner reappeared before the Board of Parole on October 16, 2004, he requested and was granted a postponement of his parole interview.
