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Opinion: City’s Top Narcotics Prosecutor Responds to an Op-Ed

By Bridget Brennan | May 13, 2019

‘Major importers and distributors of heroin and fentanyl, charged with top narcotics sale or possession crimes, will walk out of court with no bail even if they have significant ties to foreign jurisdictions.’

Agenda 2019

Agenda 2019: Eyes Are on Senate Democrats and 3 Key Criminal Justice Reforms

By Harry DiPrinzio | November 12, 2018

Reforms to the bail system, evidence-sharing rules and speedy-trial requirements are at the top of the reform agenda—and will shape the city’s ‘close Rikers’ efforts as well.