State lawmakers push back on Hochul’s reform plans
/Members of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus — across both houses of the State legislature — issued their own 10-point plan.
Members 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 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.
“We have grave concerns that excessive bail amounts are leading to unnecessary pretrial detention and contributing to a humanitarian crisis in New York City’s jail system.”
Read More“Now is the time to act in the best interest of all New Yorkers, especially our low-income neighbors who have fewer options to pay cash bail and are disproportionately – and unnecessarily – held at Rikers Island.”
Read More“Individuals arrested for hate crimes should not be released without bail.”
Read MoreThe number of people held on second-degree burglary as their top charge has increased by nearly 50 percent since July 2.
Read MoreThey are charged with a variety of offenses and will be released Dec. 27 or Dec. 31.
Read MoreAdvocates say a few simple signs pointing to the kiosk, which is located in the old jail behind the courthouse, would further streamline a scary process.
Read More“Audit after audit continues to reveal that DOC is still wildly out of compliance with some of New York City’s most important recent bail reforms.”
Read More“Any amount of time a presumptively innocent individual needlessly spends in jail is too much time.”
Read MoreA stunning bail system failure helped initiate a slate of jail reform bills signed into law Tuesday — though they came a few years too late for one Rikers detainee.
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