Steve Zeidman writes for the New York Daily News: “Even as the media describes the 2019 New York legislative session as historically progressive and transformative, and Democrats in the Legislature proclaim resounding success in advancing a liberal agenda, especially on criminal justice reform, it is impossible to ignore a cruel and cowardly omission: the absence of any laws aimed at restoring a measure of dignity, decency and hope to the most vulnerable and ignored among us, the 50,000 people in New York State’s prisons.