Crime might literally soon pay in New York State if State Senator Kevin Parker and Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs get their way. They’re proposing a new bill that would hand perps leaving prison around $2,600, or $400 a month for six months.
There would be no limitations on how the handout could be spent. This is “criminal justice reform” at work, folks.
The idea is that such aid would help lower the rate of recidivism, claimed Samra Haider with the Center for Employment Opportunities.
“By almost 30%,” Haider said. “It just helps them give a little breathing room allow them to focus on their job search, re-acclimate to the community, and so we think that will really help an individual’s reentry home from prison.”
Republican State Senator George Borrello had a different view, however.
“In New York crime pays, literally…
“My colleagues seem to think that these these are folks that are a…
