Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: I ran for Manhattan DA against Alvin Bragg. Here's what I think of the Trump indictment.
Unless he threatens the judge’s life, he won’t spend a single night in jail or prison.
Policy
Policy
Lawmakers decry bail reform rollbacks at Rikers Island surprise visit
While the governor and legislative leaders tussle over bail reform rollbacks in the state budget, lawmakers argue changes will worsen conditions at the jail complex.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: More people will die at Rikers if Hochul rolls back bail reform
We are family members of people who died at Rikers. If Rikers had killed white people, the governor would close it, not condemn more people there.
Policy
Policy
Legal experts warn Hochul’s proposal would change definition of bail
Could New York be on the brink of upending decades of law around pretrial detention?
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Safety means investments, not oppression
The governor’s proposal to weaken bail reform will harm our communities. We can’t accept it.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Poll: New Yorkers back bail changes, millionaires tax
A new Siena College poll has bits of good news for everyone heading into the budget
Policy
Policy
Major arrests in New York City at highest point since Giuliani
You can’t arrest your way out of high crime … but is Eric Adams trying?
Heard Around Town
Politics
Top Black electeds met to talk about crime, but they don’t have much to say yet
Rev. Al Sharpton brought some of New York’s leaders together for a closed door discussion.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Advocates and electeds call for an end to solitary confinement as City Council discusses a bill to curtail the controversial practice
So far, no policy decisions have made progress in stopping jail officials from isolating incarcerated people.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Elijah Muhammad was kept in isolated unit on Rikers for over 30 hours days before his death, board member says
The 10th person to die in the custody of New York City jails this year was found dead of a suspected drug overdose on Sunday
Criminal Justice
Policy
Nearly 70% of detainees at Rikers women’s jail can be safely released: advocates
Criminal justice advocates and experts called on the city to study how it can free women and gender-expansive people housed at the Rose M. Singer Center following the death of inmate Mary Yehudah in May.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Eric Adams claims progress at Rikers despite several recent detainee deaths
Attorneys for one of the men who died called the mayor’s announcement “irresponsible and callous.”
Criminal Justice
Policy
Debating the impacts of bail reform
State Sen. Michael Gianaris, Assembly Member Latrice Walker and former Queens prosecutor James Quinn discussed law changes at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Friday.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Death of Rikers inmate comes as Adams faces growing concern over jail plan
The New York City mayor was criticized on Friday for visiting the jail without meeting inmates. A day later, one died.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Why corporate America is betting on getting Clean Slate into the state budget
Progressive activists and business leaders say the economy would benefit from making it easier to seal criminal records for formerly incarcerated people.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Progressives remain steadfast though voters are wary of bail reform
The political left is facing a messaging battle as it attempts to block changes in the New York state budget due April 1.
Policy
Policy
Opinion: Why bail reform is worth defending from politicization
Unfounded rhetoric fuels the argument for rollbacks and overlooks the facts.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Lawmakers bristle at leak of Hochul’s bail policy
The governor’s leaked public safety plan undermines her claims that she doesn’t negotiate policy through the media.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Advocates blast Eric Adams for using teen suspect’s botched case in bail push
A judge found the NYPD illegally stopped and frisked the teen, causing his gun to go off.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Undaunted by bail backlash, progressives push for Clean Slate bill in Albany
Democrats have to decide between dueling versions of the legislation as the April 1 state budget deadline approaches.
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