PROTESTERS RALLY IN ALBANY TO OPPOSE BAIL REFORM ROLLBACK

Feb 26 – Advocates, formerly incarcerated people, and lawmakers warned against overhauling the New York law before it has a chance to prove itself. The battle over New York’s bail reform law, which eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, entered a combative new

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NY1: Assembly Members Told to Stay Quiet on Bail Reform

Sources tell NY1 that Democratic Assembly Members who have been critics of the new bail reform law have been told not to speak up. That’s because Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has been publicly defending the changes. While Governor Cuomo and State Senate leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins have both

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