Two years into New York’s bold quest to eliminate pretrial incarceration for most crimes, state officials are considering abandoning some bail reforms — and locking up more people upon arrest — amid public pressure to curb rising violence.
Hochul, who in January said she wouldn’t “cave to pressure” on changing bail reform and that she would “do what’s right based on all the facts that come before me,” acknowledged Monday that she recently gave lawmakers a 10-point plan aimed at modifying bail measures.
Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain who has also called for changes to bail reform in response tosaid New York is the only state that doesn’t allow judges to weigh a defendant’s criminal history and potential “dangerousness” when setting bail. “Bail reform has been widely successful, allowing our clients to stay in their communities with their families with no measurable impact on public safety,” Ndiaye said. “The data on bail reform speaks for itself: The overwhelmingly majority of New Yorkers on pretrial release do not commit new crimes and return for future court appearances.”
In comparison, the rearrest rate a full year before bail reform went into effect was about 5% — or 2,609 people out of 57,534. Of those January 2019 arrests, 254 were for violent felonies.
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