US Attorney Slams New York Bail Reform As Endangering All New Yorkers; Leading Commentator Urges States To Proceed With Caution on Bail Reform New York’s newly enacted bail reform is under attack…and rightly so. The “end cash bail” moniker is beginning to lose some of its luster as the reformsRead More →
Ridiculous reform forces NYPD to ask feds to catch serial NYC bank robber (excerpt from New York Post – Jan 18 2020) Left high and dry by the state’s new bail reform law, the NYPD was forced to ask the feds to help them reign in the Big Apple’s six-timeRead More →
Op-Ed: New York’s bail reform disaster is about to become a major election issue (excerpt from CNBC Jan 17 2020) A story that’s beginning to boil over in New York is about to become a major issue in the 2020 election. That is, unless the Democrats can snatch victory fromRead More →
Suffolk County Sheriff: Bail Reform Law Is An ‘Atrocity’ (excerpt from WCBS 880 Radio – Jan 15 2020) NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The Suffolk County sheriff on Wednesday called the new bail reform law an “atrocity” for allowing potentially dangerous criminals back out into the community. Suffolk County Sheriff ErrolRead More →
Man Released Under Bail Law Led PD On Chase, Injured Driver: NCPD Police say the man, who was arrested three times prior, fled officers in a stolen car and injured another driver in the process. (excerpt from Patch.com – Jan 15 2020) A man driving a stolen truck was arrestedRead More →
New York State’s New Bail Laws Under Attack for Heightened Threat to Public Safety FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lakewood, CO (January 14, 2020) – Days after New York State’s new bail laws took effect, many of its supporters are having second thoughts in the wake of a number of incidents inRead More →
New York’s Bad Bail-Reform Law (excerpt from the National Review, Jan 7, 2020) Top-down, arbitrary decision-making by state government simply won’t work. 2020 is going to be a very good year in New York State — for criminals. As of January 1, the state’s new criminal-justice reforms took effect, includingRead More →
Tedisco calls for changes to bail reform law (excerpt from the Saratogian, Jan 6 2020) ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) recently said the Legislature should follow Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s call to give judges the ability to determine whether an alleged perpetrator poses aRead More →
Police: Burglary suspect smashed police station window after release without bail (excerpt from News 12 Westchester, Jan 5 2020) Police say a suspected burglar who was arrested and released without bail barely made it out of the police station before committing another crime. They say Jonathan Martin, 27, of PeekskillRead More →
Police: Long Island Burglary Spree Suspect Released Under Bail Reform, Then Robs Another Store Hours Later (excerpt from 2CBS New York, Jan 4 2020) WESTBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Under New York’s new criminal justice reform law, a 22-year-old man accused of a burglary spree at a Long Island shopping center wasRead More →
