Recidivism and re-arrest frequency for people charged with nearly all crimes have significantly declined in the five years since cash bail was prohibited for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, a new report shows.
Read MoreIt’s been over five years since New York State implemented contentious legislation that ended the use of cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
Read MoreA recently released study from the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance shows that those worries may have been mostly unfounded, with pretrial services mostly keeping up with the demand, despite some challenges.
Read MoreMembers of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus — across both houses of the State legislature — issued their own 10-point plan.
“This is an unacceptable way to pass legislation. It is also bad policy.”
Read MoreAfter months of resisting calls to rollback bail laws and other recently passed criminal justice reforms, Governor Kathy Hochul is reconsidering her stance, according to press reports.
Read MoreA majority of respondents to a new poll from Siena College said that crime in New York is of serious concern and that, in order to address it, lawmakers should roll back bail reforms.
Prison reform advocates and elected officials rallied Monday to call for the protection of recently passed bail reforms as they face threats from New York City leaders including Mayor Eric Adams.
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