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*Gov. Hochul's full comments about changes in bail reform laws, as she announces agreement on new state budget 4/28/23 (5 minute segment)
Gov. Kathy Hochul said that, while she still supports the 2019 changes to the state’s bail laws, she believed that “judges should have more authority to set bail and detain dangerous defendants.”Credit...Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press
By Jesse McKinley, Grace Ashford and Hurubie Meko
April 28, 2023
ALBANY, N.Y. — It was just four years ago that New York’s Democratic lawmakers celebrated a new law that eliminated bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies and, at the time, seemingly added a measure of new justice to a system long faulted for pre-emptively punishing the poor.
On Thursday night, however, after months of grueling negotiations, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state would scale back those changes — for the third time — after a sharp rebuke from New York’s voters and residents over a rise in crime.
“It was very clear that changes need to be made,” the governor said.
The precise details are unknown — the law is still being drafted as part of the state budget that is expected to be ratified next week — but Ms. Hochul said that she and the Legislature intend to eliminate a provision that requires judges to prescribe the “least restrictive” means to ensure defendants return to court.
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New York Will Toughen Contentious Bail Law to Give Judges More Discretion
State leaders agree to eliminate a provision that requires judges to prescribe the “least restrictive” means to ensure defendants return to court.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said that, while she still supports the 2019 changes to the state’s bail laws, she believed that “judges should have more authority to set bail and detain dangerous defendants.”Credit...Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press
By Jesse McKinley, Grace Ashford and Hurubie Meko
April 28, 2023
ALBANY, N.Y. — It was just four years ago that New York’s Democratic lawmakers celebrated a new law that eliminated bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies and, at the time, seemingly added a measure of new justice to a system long faulted for pre-emptively punishing the poor.
On Thursday night, however, after months of grueling negotiations, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state would scale back those changes — for the third time — after a sharp rebuke from New York’s voters and residents over a rise in crime.
“It was very clear that changes need to be made,” the governor said.
The precise details are unknown — the law is still being drafted as part of the state budget that is expected to be ratified next week — but Ms. Hochul said that she and the Legislature intend to eliminate a provision that requires judges to prescribe the “least restrictive” means to ensure defendants return to court.
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New York Will Toughen Contentious Bail Law to Give Judges More Discretion (Published 2023)
State leaders agree to eliminate a provision that requires judges to prescribe the “least restrictive” means to ensure defendants return to court.
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