Republicans say Hochul better bring a fighting spirit against fellow Albany Democrats in budget talks – or else progressives are going to beat back efforts to overhaul bail reform
“She certainly could do it – but it would be bloody,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay told The Post.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said earlier this week she might hold up the state budget past an April 1 deadline to get what she wants.Controversial reforms passed in 2019 require judges to give defendants the “least restrictive conditions” ahead of their trials even when the offense would otherwise allow cash bail – an ambiguity that Hochul says must be resolved this year amid rising crime.
“We have always looked at data. We always want to look at data and I really want to be able to match whatever we are doing to a data point that actually suggests that it would improve the circumstances.” However, the report shows that recidivism has increased for repeat offenders accused of some crimes like burglary and shoplifting.
“New Yorkers, people who are scared to take the subway, people who are scared to go to the bodega, people who are scared to walk their kid to school – certainly in New York City in Rochester, across the state – they’re counting on her to be strong enough to protect them,” Ortt said Wednesday. “So I hope she is.”
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the pandemic, rather than bail reform, deserves blame for rising crime.While Democratic legislators have mostly avoided public displays of support – including state Sen. Jeremy Cooney wholast week – Hochul expressed optimism Wednesday that Democratic legislators will eventually back down on opposing her on issues like bail.
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