Basic Reforms to New York’s Legal Code Are At Risk as Democrats Lurch Rightward

Basic Reforms to New York’s Legal Code Are At Risk as Democrats Lurch Rightward

A push to claw back a process-oriented change in New York’s criminal legal code shows just how readily Democrats will capitulate to carceral demands in 2025. After years of advocacy, New York lawmakers passed a suite of criminal legal system reforms in 2019. The hard-won changes included the elimination of cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges and an overhaul of the… Source