A new John Jay College study determined that defendants charged with felonies are more likely to be re-arrested on a new felony since state bail reform took effect.
Suspects busted for serious crimes in the Big Apple are more likely to get arrested again since the state’s controversial bail reform measures took effect, according to a new study.that 47% of those arrested on a felony charge were later busted again in the first two years after the reforms were enacted on Jan. 1, 2020 — an uptick over the pre-reform figure of 44.6%.
The researchers examined more than 15,000 criminal cases in the wake of the reforms and compared them to similar cases in 2019. The study comes amid an ongoing debate over the statute, which was approved by state lawmakers in April 2019 and took effect the following year — with pols like Mayor Eric Adams repeatedly calling for tweaks to keep more recidivists locked up.that one in every five crooks busted for burglary or theft in New York last year got re-arrested on a felony charge within 60 days.as high as three times what they were in 2017 — before New York’s controversial bail-reform law took effect in 2020.
“This study’s findings and the discussion of high recidivists isn’t necessarily contradictory,” Rempel said. “We are not looking at overall re-arrest rates and saying overall these kinds of people are re-arrested often. We’re doing a test of bail reform.” Before the reforms, 62.5% of career criminals were re-arrested, compared to 37.7% for those without a rap sheet.
“Damned if you keep them in jail awaiting trial,” he said. “Damned if you release because they continue to commit crimes. It’s a broken system.”
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