It’s been five years since sweeping changes to New York’s criminal justice laws took effect. The legislation, known generically as bail reform, limited the circumstances under which people who ...

Like the very messy bail reform bill passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the overhaul of the state’s discovery laws, also demands refinement. Gov. Hochul ...

“Bail reform has destroyed New York,” said the Buffalo area’s Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY). “Our brave law enforcement officers and law-abiding New Yorkers feel the consequences while ...

A New York law aimed at making it more affordable for ... Those companies can also require other collateral, like a deed to your home. Bail reform, a 5-year-old legislative package intended ...

While some New Yorkers may be shocked at the increase of criminal charges being dropped and cases being dismissed under discovery laws passed in 2019, members of the Senate Republican Conference, law ...

Bail reform. While acknowledging the problem of recidivism in the criminal justice system, Hochul spoke of the need to work within current bail laws. An ongoing topic of concern for the mayor ...

Cuomo, who in 2019 signed the package of bail reform laws that continues to haunt Democrats ... did not rule out the possibility of blocking cars with New York license plates from crossing the ...

On Friday, district attorneys from around the state — including from all the five boroughs — stood with Gov. Hochul to ask ...

A newly published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine sought to evaluate whether New Jersey's cash bail ...