Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing legislative leaders to adopt changes to the state’s bail laws as part of the state budget, due April 1. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed allowing judges to consider a defendant’s dangerousness to the community in deciding whether to set...
Ms. Hochul wants to expand the list of crimes eligible for bail in New York, and give judges the power to consider the danger a defendant poses in setting bail for certain crimes. Gov. Kathy Hochul intends to include potential changes to the state’s bail law in the...
