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Gov. Kathy Hochul is not yet sharing what her administration’s approach will be when it comes to calls for additional changes to the state’s bail reform law.
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Recent reforms to the state’s bail process, including an end to most forms of cash bail, were a wedge issue in last week’s elections that helped Republicans make inroads in Democratic-dominated New York.
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State lawmakers in New York are considering legislation that would eliminate fees and surcharges for court and probation, and prevent the garnishment of commissary accounts to pay those fees.
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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul says it’s more likely that illegal guns, not New York state’s bail reform laws, are to blame for Buffalo’s surge in gun violence.
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Democrats who lead the New York State Legislature are moving ahead with several criminal justice reforms in the remaining weeks of the 2021 session. But…
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Anthony Annucci, acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, stopped short of putting a number on how many state…
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There may be fewer people facing gun and violence charges walking out of courts in Erie County under orders from District Attorney John Flynn. Dealing…
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New rules regarding who can be held on bail in New York state took effect Thursday. The new law rolls back some bail reform measures passed in 2019, and…
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A new component to the state’s bail reform measures, set to debut Thursday, will rollback some of the gains made at the beginning of the year. Erie County…
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As New York State lawmakers finished up the state budget Thursday, two days after the deadline, one area of contention was making changes to the state’s…