New York Democratic lawmakers rejected a plea from NYC Mayor Eric Adams to roll back the state’s bail-reform law that has been blamed for soaring crime rates in the Big Apple.
Adams held a meeting with Assembly Democrats in the State Capitol in Albany in which he implored them to make changes to the law, but to no avail.
In remarks following the unsuccessful meeting, Adams said that he “still ha[s] an obligation to keep the city safe” even if state lawmakers aren’t helping him out.
“That’s why we’re putting in place our anti-gun unit. That’s why we’re going to go after the causes and feeders of crime,” Adams said.
“I can’t turn around and say, ‘Well I didn’t get help from different places, so now my city is not safe.’ Nope, I’m not accepting that. My job is to make New Yorkers safe, that’s my job,” Adams continued. “If I get help from other places, that’s fine. Without that help, I still must make sure that New Yorkers are safe, and I’m not going to use any excuse for not doing that.”
Brooklyn Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, one of the architects of the bail reform law, said that Adams’ request to roll back the law are not supported by data.
“Bail reform is not responsible for the recent spike in gun violence in the city,” Walker said. “The state’s own data shows that only 2% of the cases that would fall under the bail reform law led to a rearrest for a violent felony.”
“Even fewer were rearrested for crimes involving a gun,” she continued. “What we need are targeted investments in violence prevention, including housing, mental health care, drug treatment and harm reduction services – not more cages.”
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It’s economics. You steal items from the stores and resell them on Ebay. There was just one problem you got arrested for theft, well, problem solved. No arrests and when you’re arrested you’re back in a little while. Perfect economics
The state’s own data shows that only 2% of the cases that would fall under the bail reform law led to a rearrest “for a violent felony”
well we could always change the definition for violent felony!
LOL
1. that definition has been removed from most crimes
2. as long as nothing falls under the new definition of violent crimes I am now legally allowed to rob the bank
3. only 2% is a very high number for the definition of violent felony
4. stabbing almost sounds okay because it does not involve a liberal agenda “GUN”
The liberal DAs and judges are a bigger problem than the legislature. The bail law just deals with pretrial detention. These prosecutors won’t even appropriately charge the criminals and don’t prosecute according to the severity of the crime. The result is that dangerous criminals are treated as petty lawbreakers and are out in the streets in no time.
Vote DemocRATs and get high crime and looting with homeless criminals killing innocent people.
She most probably lives in an upscale gated community, what does she know.
DemonRats have the morals and brains of rabies infected sewer rats and much more dangerous, and should be treated exactly as such.
and my apologies to rats
May even Albany merit a Red Tsunami come November 2022
The UNELECTED privileged white female, Kathy Hochul, has innocent blood on her hands.
Gosh. She’s dumb.