A new statewide report finds New York’s bail reform sharply reduced pretrial detention, but bail amounts are rising and racial disparities persist.

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 ...

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 (WABC) -- Officials are calling for changes to be made to stop recidivism, erase the perception among criminals that there are no meaningful consequences for crime and restore the ...

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 ...

The city is putting in place a program that will provide support for people who will benefit from an upcoming bail reform law. Starting January 1, 2020, a new law will eliminate bail for a variety of ...

Governor Kathy Hochul says certain crimes in the 28 GIVE jurisdictions (like Albany, Schenectady, Syracuse, Buffalo) in New York State have dropped by 61 percent since 2021. Yet, as an election year ...

Washington, DC, the immediate target of Trump’s ire, removed cash bail in most cases in 1992. Democratic-controlled states like New York, California and Illinois have passed bail reform laws in recent ...

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 ...