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In the wake of the killing of Officer Randolph Holder, Mayor de Blasio called for bail decisions to take public safety into account. But Sen. Michael Gianaris is still hoping…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

20

Oct 2015

Opinion

Op-ed: Bail Reform Needs a Mental-Health Component

A retired corrections captain writes that without a strong mental-health component, attempts to end financial bail will fail.

ByDavid A. Fullard 0Comments

01

Oct 2015

Justice

The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City

The mayor has limited it. The Council is going to start paying it on some defendants’ behalf. Now the state’s chief judge is taking unprecedented steps to rein it…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Video

Experts Debate Whether de Blasio Plan Can be Better than Bail

Brooklyn Independent Media’s Bk Live looks at the mayor’s plan to create an alternative system that will use supervision rather than money to get people to come to court.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

20

Jul 2015

Justice

Skeptical of Bail System—and of Plans to Reform It

Even as defense lawyers and other advocates say that efforts to reduce the rate of pre-trial imprisonment are long overdue, they’re also expressing reservations about the de Blasio administration plan…

ByWendy Davis 3Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

State Senator: Citywide Bail Fund Would Help, Not Hinder, Courts

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera argues that low-income New Yorkers “deserve the same access to resources to navigate the justice system as middle-income and high-income residents.”

ByGustavo Rivera 0Comments

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Apr 2015

Uncategorized

Speaker Proposes Bail Fund

The taxpayer-underwritten project would front bail money to people accused of low-level crimes—which describes most of the people arrested in New York City.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Justice

Solving Jail Mental Health Crisis … Before Jail

Reforms unveiled this week by the de Blasio administration were cast as an effort to improve services for the mentally ill on Rikers Island. But much of the plan focuses…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Queens Democrat Still Pushing to End Bail in New York State

Op-ed: Bail Reform Needs a Mental-Health Component

The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City

Experts Debate Whether de Blasio Plan Can be Better than Bail

Skeptical of Bail System—and of Plans to Reform It

State Senator: Citywide Bail Fund Would Help, Not Hinder, Courts

Speaker Proposes Bail Fund

Solving Jail Mental Health Crisis … Before Jail

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