Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner is a sex offender who has been incarcerated in State prison since his plea of guilty in 1982 to charges of sodomy in the first degree (two counts), rape in the first degree, and attempted robbery in the first degree. In December 1995 he became eligible for conditional release. Pursuant to a new policy of the respondent New York State Division of Parole (hereafter the Division) promulgated...