Former 1960s radical Judith Clark has been granted parole after serving almost 38 years for her role in the 1981 robbery and murders of two Nyack police officers and a Brinks armored car guard.

The 2-1 decision follows Clark's parole hearing earlier this month — her second try for freedom since Gov. Andrew Cuomo commuted her 75-years-to-life sentence to 35 years to life in December 2016.

Clark said she was overwhelmed and grateful to the Parole Board and to the governor, according to her attorney, Professor Steven Zeidman of CUNY Law School.

She will be paroled May 15, or earlier.

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Clark drove a getaway vehicle on Oct. 20, 1981, as a band of self-described revolutionaries killed Nyack police Sgt. Edward O'Grady and Officer Waverly "Chipper" Brown at the entrance to the New York State Thruway after killing Brinks security guard Peter Paige and stealing $1.6 million.

The two officers were shot dead at a roadblock when six gunmen jumped from the rear of a U-Haul. The security guard had been killed an hour earlier during the robbery at the Nanuet Mall.

Clark crashed the getaway car into a wall on Broadway in Nyack and tried reaching for a gun while pretending to be surrendering to police before being arrested.

She was subsequently convicted in the three murders.

The families of the three victims, law enforcement and citizens opposed releasing the former radical. The officers and security guard are survived by spouses and nine children.

"Certainly myself and my entire family are outraged and disgusted at this decision," Paige's son Michael said last night. "Judith Clark deserves nothing else than to serve the entire rest of her life in prison."

Paige added: "To me, the whole situation is completely incomprehensible. ... By granting her parole, it's just a grave injustice to my father and the two police officers and everything they stood for and died for."

John Hanchar, a nephew of O'Grady and a Clarkstown police sergeant, criticized Cuomo for skewing the parole and criminal justice system.

"Gov. Cuomo circumvented the criminal justice system by granting clemency to a woman who is still covering up for unindicted co-conspirators," Hanchar said. "While we recognize the power of forgiveness and redemption, both are earned. Covering up a murder is not indicative of rehabilitation."

He said Cuomo re-victimized the families and has not shown the common decency to reach out to the families, although he had visited Clark in prison.

Hanchar added: "I wish Clark well in her future endeavors, something Paige, Brown, and O’Grady won’t have. I will pray for peace and light a candle at Easter Mass, both for the families and for Ms. Clark’s soul."

Arthur Keenan, who was injured in the shooting, said he was livid with the decision and put the blame on Governor Cuomo.

“The governor has never spoken to me, he has never spoken to the victim of the crime," Keenan said. "Cuomo claims to be a law-and-order guy, but he’s gone totally against anything that would constitute law and order."

“He commuted that sentence ... because of the pressure he received from constituents who are radicals,” Keenan added. “I think it’s unbelievable that he could make a decision like that without ever talking to me."

Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece said his office was "extremely disappointed" with the decision. "Judith Clark is a cold-blooded cop killer who chose to participate in bank robbery, anarchy and murder that left three men dead. Because of her complete disregard for human life and the sheer brutality of the crime, parole should never have been granted for this convicted murderer."

Rockland County Executive Ed Day called the parole board's ruling "a cruel and unjust slap in the face to the families of the victims.

"This perversion of justice is a sad continuation of the deadly assault on police officers happening across our Nation and signals to the criminal element that it is open season on cops," Day stated. "The parole board and the elected officials responsible for allowing this domestic terrorist to walk free should be ashamed."

Among those who voiced support for Clark's parole is Norma Hill, a victim of the Brinks robbery who testified against Clark at trial.

"I’m very happy that she’s being paroled," Hill said yesterday. "I think it’s long overdue, given her record during her incarceration. This is how parole should work.

She added: "Parole is not a trial, it’s a reward for good behavior and being a decent human being during your incarceration and I think she definitely deserved this."

Another Clark supporter was Allen Roskoff, founder of Candles for Clemency. “Judith’s release has been a long time coming and is justice for elderly inmates," he said.

"The principles guiding our state’s criminal justice system are starting to shift, and today is truly a historic day. No one who has served their time, made a dramatic shift in their lives, and are positively contributing to their community should be left to die inside a prison cell," Roskoff said.

Ronnie Eldridge, a longtime supporter of Clark's and the wife of the late newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin, said she was "joyful" to learn the news. “If anybody were to meet her you’d know — she should not be in prison.

Eldridge said she hopes Clark’s parole would increase the number of elderly prisoners who are able to leave the prison system.

Zeidman, Clark's lawyer, said support for her release "represents a vast, wide swath of people from every conceivable background" including law enforcement, the victims’ rights community, formerly incarcerated women, elected officials and residents.

He added: "The depth and breadth of that support shows me that the community at large believed it was time for Judy Clark to be released."

Radical turned counselor

Clark went from civil rights activist in the 1960s to membership in the violence-prone Weather Underground, then later joined with the Black Liberation Army while living underground.

Clark, now 69, has been held since 1983 in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, earning a bachelor's degree and working in AIDS counseling and on progressive programs with inmates.

She became the second person convicted in the Brinks case to be granted parole. Kathy Boudin, who served 23 years of a life sentence for the murders, was released from the Bedford Hills women's prison in 2003, just shy of her 60th birthday. She subsequently became a professor at Columbia University.

Clark's attorneys submitted to the parole board a package with statements supporting her from more than 2,000 people, including former prosecutors, clergy and others. They also provided information on her involvement in programs helping others in prison and her educational achievements.

After a parole panel denied her early release in 2017, state Supreme Court Justice John Kelley found the parole board violated the law by denying her and not focusing on her achievements.

Kelley's decision stated the panel "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in denying Clark's parole application, saying the board gave more weight to the horrific nature of the crime at the expense of her rehabilitation.

Kelley wrote Clark had "undergone a remarkable transformation over the three decades during which she has been incarcerated. Ms. Clark has taken responsibility for her actions, expressed remorse, and tried to improve the lives of her fellow prisoners, as well as many others."

Kelley's ruling was overruled by a state appellate court panel, which found the parole board denied Clark her rights to a fair hearing by denying her documents.

This time, Clark's legal team focused on her rehabilitation in its attempt to convince the panel to release her.

Her lead attorney, Michael Corozo, said they submitted a four-volume parole packet showing support for her release. Her supporters included Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, former parole commissioners, and 150 faith-based leaders and a former victim of the Brinks robbery.