There’s controversy ahead over new criminal justice reforms.
Cash bail will be eliminated Jan. 1 for hundreds of offenses, and as many as 900 defendants could be let out earlier and given rewards to get them to show up to court, CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported Monday.
State judges will no longer require cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies like selling drugs or burglarizing a home, and the state says nearly 900 city residents in jail now will be released starting mid-December.
A law enforcement source told CBS2 a city program will offer those released incentives meant to encourage them to show up in court such as Mets baseball tickets, a subway pass or a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card.
A spokesperson for Gov. Andrew Cuomo told CBS2 he expects the reforms to be implemented appropriately, however the governor’s office doesn’t have any involvement with the city’s rewards program.
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Wow. Best Mayor Ever!!
So smart. How come no one ever thought of doing this before? Amazing.
As we “progress”, there appears to be a group of people who are using S’dom as a blueprint, instead of a model of an evil society.
Baah, that’s nothing. Within the next 5 years , criminals will get elected to office in NYC , and the usual askonim will escort them to the Jewish” leaders” all bedecked with blue kippas surrounded by fawning , gaping leidigeirs and company. Oh, you folks escaping to NJ are next… All this is’a’comin to you too along with Dem imposed choking taxes… Hashem is sending a message.
” You can run but ye can’t hide, Yiddlach. Mean it when ya sing Leshana Habah B’ Yerushaliyim”
This is dumber than dumb. Here’s two ways of getting a donut at DD. 1)you can work and earn some money and use your earnings to buy a donut. 2) commit a crime and the government will give you a gift card.