Governor Kathy Hochul is once again proposing to give judges more discretion when setting bail.
Hochul announced this policy initiative during her State of the State speech and on Wednesday defended her decision.
But Hochul and even Mayor Eric Adams have insisted that this has done little to deter repeat offenders. They also say that this "least-restrictive" standard has been a "well-established United States Supreme Court precedent protecting the presumption of innocence." This proposal has been made before, but has been met with strong roadblocks in the state legislature.
"When I go up to Albany and I say, well we should revisit bail reform and do X, Y and Z, half of the people in the room with me who are Democrats want to chop my head off," Senator Skoufis said. "Focusing on bail reform, it's really a distraction away from addressing crime," Sivin said. "And that means focusing on proven solutions. Again, bail reform is not leading to a rise in crime."
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