Bail Elimination Act

Katz admits mistake in asking for bail

Queens DA also continues asking for bail in other cases, despite campaign pledge.

  • By Jeff Coltin

NYPD

Did bail reform really cause a crime wave?

An honest look at the actual numbers.

  • By Lindsay Beyerstein

Criminal justice

Why the state Senate and Assembly are split on bail reform

Competing incentives for the different Democratic conferences.

  • By Zach Williams

New York State

Ending the ‘Stone Age’ of criminal justice

New York lawmakers want to pass a package of three bills that would make the trial process more favorable to defendants, who are overwhelmingly people of color.

  • By Zach Williams

New York State

Should “dangerousness" be a factor in granting bail?

The Bail Elimination Act, sponsored by state Sen. Michael Gianaris of Queens and Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell of Manhattan, wouldn’t fully eliminate bail and judges could still impose conditions to compel defendants to return to court but the bill would end cash bail, a practice in which defendants are asked to pay a deposit, refundable if they attend all their court dates, in order to be released from jail.

  • By Jeff Coltin