The highly debated bail reform law, which essentially abolished cash bail for most misdemeanors and some non-violent felonies, has been a source of contention since its inception in 2019. Critics ...

New York State’s sweeping bail reform law first went into effect in January 2020 and has been subsequently amended twice since then in response to widespread opposition from law enforcement, ...

Scott Spivak, a member of the Criminal Defense Clinic at CUNY Law School, writes: With reform on the horizon, it is time for a hard look at how current practices distort the statutory purpose of bail ...

While another potential rollback of bail reforms has taken center stage in state budget negotiations for the second straight year, the fates of a swath of other criminal justice programs are being ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — According to the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the rate of felony rearrests dropped since bail reform took effect five years ago.

It’s been more than five years since New York State implemented contentious legislation that ended the use of cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. In that time, the controversial ...

OWEGO, N.Y. (WETM) – A Cuban citizen was arrested in Owego on 28 felony fraud charges and released under the New York State Bail Reform law. Owego Police say Eric Machet Riscart, 31, was arrested on ...

New details are emerging about the death by suicide of Albany Law School student Dawson Maloney after authorities say the 23-year-old drove a car containing gun Hochul declares state of emergency as ...

In Albany County and across New York state we are witnessing a major spike in crime that has shaken our local communities. Stabbings, robberies and shootings are becoming increasingly prevalent and ...

With “law and order” seemingly on every politician’s lips these days, it’s inevitable that bail reform would be rearing its head three weeks before Election Day. On Monday, a state senator, a ...

In 2015, a pregnant and homeless 30-year-old woman spent 135 days in an Illinois jail because she stole two plums and three candy bars from a Save A Lot store. That same year, a 41-year-old Illinois ...