As the population on Rikers Island continues to grow past 7,000 detainees – its highest point since 2019 – a collection of criminal justice groups are calling on judges and the court system to do more to keep New Yorkers out of the troubled jail complex.
Read MoreA federal judge ruled this week that the city must pay nearly $143 million to over 40,000 people who were held in a city jail longer than they should have after having posted bail.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul was joined by the mayor and the city’s district attorneys in Manhattan on Wednesday as she signed changes to the state’s bail reforms into law.
Read More“We will have blood on our hands if we allow these [bail law] changes to be implemented in our New York State budget,” Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani said, following a visit to Rikers Island this week.
Read More“Governor Kathy Hochul claims to care about the safety of our communities, but her lip service is going to cost people their lives. The governor is yet again holding the state budget hostage in order to push through harmful changes to New York’s bail laws.”
Read MoreA group of 100 law professors wrote an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul this week opposing her proposals to the state’s bail laws, which have already reportedly soured budget negotiations in Albany.
Read MoreSpeaking to the state’s legislature in the New York State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul dedicated a significant portion of her State of the State speech to the themes that came to define her 2022 race for governor – crime, public safety and bail.
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