New York Legislature Substantially Rolls-Back Bail Reform Law For the second time in three years, New York is rolling back the bail reform law that took effect in January, 2019. Governor Cuomo had to roll it back in part in April, 2019, just months after it went into effect. OneRead More →
Increase In Crime Created Enormous Public Backlash FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Franklinville, NJ (April 11, 2022) – After enduring withering criticism from the public, which demanded action in the wake of a huge increase in crime, the New York legislature voted late Friday (April 8) to substantially roll back the state’sRead More →
Smearing Poop on Woman’s Face, Saying F-you to Judges, and Hate Crimes: New York Bail Reform Fails Again To say that you can’t write this stuff is so cliché we are wondering how it remains in the first sentence of this message. But really, when you are going to useRead More →
New York Pretrial Data Demonstrates That Requiring Bail Does In Fact Better Protect Public Safety In New York City, as a result of a bail reform, there are a large group of cases where judges are unable to impose bail and thus the defendants are now released on their ownRead More →
Historic Bail Reform Compromise Passes In New York Budget The debate over New York bail reform finally ground to a halt in Albany at 2:19 am eastern time on Friday morning April 3, 2020. The New York Assembly voted for in favor of the Governor’s budget that included a so-calledRead More →
New York Bail Reform: Bipartisan Chorus Of Local And State Officials Call For Repeal Of Bail Reform As Local Judge Declares The Law Unconstitutional It’s been a busy week in the Empire State of New York as the repeal of “catch and release” bail reform continues to draw bipartisan support…Read More →
Bail Reform: Law Enforcement On Long Island Band Together To Recommend Changes (excerpt from CBS New York – Jan 21 2020) MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — There is a new chorus of calls for changes to bail reform in New York state, just three weeks after it took effect. On Tuesday, police, sheriffs, andRead More →
New York voters have turned against bail reform, new poll says (excerpt from New York Post – Jan 21 2020) New Yorkers have turned against bail reform. Support for the new law eliminating cash bail for most misdemeanor and some “non-violent” felony crimes has plummeted, and now 49 percent ofRead More →
North Country Assembly members, other officials demanding repeal of ‘Victim Abuse Act’ (excerpt from NCNow News – Jan 20 2020) Assemblymen Mark Walczyk (R -Watertown) and Ken Blankenbush (R-Black River) were joined by county sheriffs, district attorneys and victim advocates calling for a full repeal of the “Victims Abuse ActRead More →
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 →
