Criminal Justice
Policy
Criminal justice reforms return as a defining political issue in Albany
Legislative lessons learned during the pandemic are now helping state lawmakers pass police reform.
Criminal Justice
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NYPD officers eschew masks during protests
The large gatherings of cops and protesters could exacerbate the coronavirus threat.
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Leader to Leader: Emma Jordan-Simpson
A Q&A with the Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Why arrests plummeted during New York’s COVID-19 peak
It wasn’t only because people are staying at home.
New York State
Politics
Where things landed in the New York state budget
A lot is at stake with bail reform, public school funding, Medicaid and other key issues.
Criminal Justice
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Rising calls to free incarcerated New Yorkers
A limited release of Rikers Island inmates may not halt a coronavirus outbreak.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Will coronavirus spring people from jail?
The conversation around criminal justice has shifted dramatically.
Criminal Justice
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Katz admits mistake in asking for bail
Queens DA also continues asking for bail in other cases, despite campaign pledge.
New York State
Politics
How New York uses prison labor
Prisoners don’t just make hand sanitizer – they also dig graves.
Criminal Justice
Policy
The backlash to the cash bail backlash
Criminal justice activists are mounting a counter-attack in Albany.
Technology
Policy
Controversial facial-recognition app used by State Police, U.S. attorney
Technology that pulls images from social media platforms used by New York law enforcement agencies
New York State
Policy
Heastie’s weakening hand on bail reform
Fair or not, the political winds are blowing in favor of changing the recently implemented criminal justice reforms.
New York City
Politics
The bail debate heats up and a war declaration against de Blasio
Rounding up the week’s political news
Criminal Justice
Policy
Why the new bail law was always destined for changes
Apparent contradictions in bail reform backed Democrats into corner.
Criminal Justice
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Why the state Senate and Assembly are split on bail reform
Competing incentives for the different Democratic conferences.
Criminal Justice
Policy
The Democrats working to reform bail reform
A working group of state senators is under pressure to rethink criminal justice – again – or risk electoral defeat.
Criminal Justice
Policy
What to know about New York’s new discovery laws
Bail wasn’t the only major criminal justice reform passed in 2019
Criminal Justice
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Political extremists have found a home on this GOP-backed Facebook group
Far-right comments crop up among the 160,000 members of Repeal Bail Reform.
Criminal Justice
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