bail reform

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick continues to criticize New York’s bail reform and “Raise the Age” laws, saying they’re dangerous to poor and minority communities.

Two candidates are running for an open central New York Assembly seat, after Republican Assemblyman Gary Finch announced he was retiring after two decades…

Law enforcement leaders and some Republicans in the New York State Legislature are pushing back against recent criminal justice reforms approved by Gov.…

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…

New York state lawmakers finished up the state budget early Friday morning, two days after the deadline. One area of contention was making changes to the…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor said Friday he will not approve the state budget without changes to a law that overhauled the state’s bail…

The leader of the New York state Senate said it's likely that changes will soon be made to the state's new bail reform laws, which end most forms of cash…

A new poll out Monday shows support for the state's bail reform plummeting, following weeks of pushback about the new laws from police groups and…

One central New York prosecutor said something that’s been lost in the debate over new bail reform laws in New York State, is how changes in the discovery…

Changes in the bail system in New York, enacted at the beginning of January, have proven to be far more controversial than its supporters had expected.…