One of the most contentious issues in the last municipal elections in New York City and across the rest of the state was the “bail reform” law that was passed a few years ago. It included language mandating judges to find the “least restrictive” conditions possible to ensure that suspects would not skip out on their court dates. The result was a situation where nearly every accused criminal who hadn’t committed one of the more serious, violent crimes was immediately put back on the street. The resultant spiraling crime rates have had even law-abiding residents in the liberal urban areas up in arms. Now, as New York prepares to pass its long-overdue budget bill, Governor Kathy Hochul has relented and announced that at least some of the bail reform language would be rolled back. But the New York Post questions whether it will actually do any good at this point.Read More
New York to partially undo bail reform law… finally
