Criminal justice
The Democratic candidates all have proposals, some with many common features.
An essential human element of the justice system may be lost when proceedings happen remotely.
Most New York jails don’t allow the treatment, but there’s a bill to change that.
The state Senate has passed the decade-old bill for the first time since its introduction
New report details how the criminal justice system changed during the pandemic.
Lawmakers and advocates fear that Cuomo’s proposal won’t.
A point-by-point guide to the competing proposals.
Even though the city created a non-police unit to deal with individuals in emotional distress, they weren’t on the scene.
New York goes against CDC recommendations by not vaccinating corrections officers and inmates at the same time.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has done it through executive order, but this would make the change permanent.
