The state’s far-left Parole Board denied freedom for one of New York City’s most notorious cop killers – but the fallen police officer’s family is still fighting to keep his accomplices behind bars.

Convict David McClary, a gangbanger who assassinated Police Officer Edward Byrne in 1988, argued for his freedom before the state’s liberal parole board on July 22 but was sent back to Wende Prison in Erie County, state records show.

The 16-member state parole board, which is packed with members appointed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has sprung 43 cop killers since 2017, according to the Police Benevolent Association. 8

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Byrne, a 22-year-old rookie, was sitting in his patrol car in Queens protecting a local witness in a drug case when he was shot five times in the head.

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