Sentences with phrase «bail system»

The Fortune Society's Reentry Debate Team was joined by members of the New York State Legislature, The City Council, and the Mayor's Office, for a parliamentary debate held on Dec. 19 at the Ford Foundation on ending pretrial detention and the cash bail system in New York state.

Kalief's story became one of the most widely - recognized condemnations of the jail system on Rikers Island and the cash bail system in New York City.

Lawmakers also confirmed a provision that would create a cashless bail system was out of the budget talks.

Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey seems open to some type of change to the money bail system for criminal defendants, but he does not appear to have yet developed any plan or proposal to do so.

When I asked if he supported efforts to end or significantly change the current bail system Massey offered that «we need to look at» and «make improvements,» saying that defendants should be able to get through the system more quickly and fairly.

«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»

A city - wide bail system would also help to reduce unfairness in the system when people are arrested for less serious crimes, said Mark - Viverito.

Syracuse attorney and activist Herve Comeau said the inequalities of the cash bail system really hit home for him last December.

«The case of Pedro Hernandez highlights the need for significant bail reform, if not the elimination of the money bail system altogether, in the State of New York,» the statement reads.

The council's agenda closely follows the plans laid out by Mark - Viverito in her State of the City speech last month, particularly on criminal justice and a push to reform the city's bail system under a proposal currently being weighed in Albany.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling for commercial bail bonds to be banned in the city as part of a larger bail system overhaul, according to a new report released by his office.

And she agreed with ranking Senate Democrats Ruth Hassell - Thompson that the state's bail system needs to be fixed so as not to be unfair to the poor.

Chief Judge Takes On Bail: On Thursday, New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing what he called the «unsafe and unfair bail system,» including automatic review of bail for misdemeanor cases.

December 27, 2016 • Next month, courts in New Jersey will all but stop using a money - based bail system.

Persons who are presumed innocent will be spending additional days in jail churning through our clogged bail system at a cost that is certain to exceed any of the budget savings gained by shutting the program down on Sundays.

The tone of MacKay's response (leaving aside cheap partisan attacks) makes clear that the Conservatives have no intention taking any steps to address the deteriorating bail system, over incarceration, worsening jail conditions, and the abandonment of fundamental Charter values.

The Canadian bail system is based mostly on restrictive conditions like abstaining from alcohol, a curfew or a no - contact order.

The organization that represents district attorneys in New York did not rule out ultimately backing a plan that would overhaul bail as supported by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and create a cashless bail system.

At a June 17th hearing exploring our current bail system, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued these, among other findings, to the NYC Council Committee on Courts and Legal Services:

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

Elected officials promised us that his story would be a turning point and that New York would fundamentally transform a criminal justice system designed to criminalize low - income black and brown New Yorkers and then place a bounty, through the money bail system, on our freedom.

The senator has been a long time critic of the cash bail system, most recently reissuing his call for its elimination in July 2017.

The fate of proposals to impose new congestion tolls in Manhattan, levy a tax on opioid manufacturers and reform New York's bail system could be decided by week's end as lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo work to strike a state budget deal.

• In addition, the Senate approved a bill that overhauls the bail system.

«We must reform our bail system so a person is only held if a judge finds either a significant flight risk or a real threat to public safety.»

The mayor is also counting on improved mental health services, changes to the bail system, alternative - to - prison sentencing and more efficiency in the courts to act as further valves on the Rikers population — though the last will require assistance from the state.

In his recently - released policy agenda for 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a plan to reform the state's bail system.

«It's so obvious that our bail system — excuse the expression — is totally ass - backwards in every respect,» New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in a telephone interview.

«The city deserves a bail system that makes sure that people return to their court appearances, keeps us safe, doesn't punish people for being poor, isn't racially discriminatory, doesn't distort outcomes in cases, and is efficient,» Councilman Rory Lancman, chair of the courts and legal services committee, said.

Cuomo also outlined a plan to speed up the state's criminal justice process, and reform the bail system, and he proposed cashless tolling on the entire state Thruway, saying it's faster, and also more secure against potential terrorists.

The administration has been discussing reforms to the bail system for years, but has struggled to institute some.

The plan will also update the bail system, improve a defendant's access to a speedy trial and competent court - appointed defense attorneys, require that all police interrogations be recorded and raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

Public defenders and criminal justice reformers are concerned about Cuomo's proposal to overhaul the state's bail system, which is similar to a plan de Blasio recently unveiled.

Cuomo also outlined a plan to speed up the state's criminal justice process and reform the bail system, and he proposed cashless tolling on the entire state Thruway, saying it's faster and safer.

The governor also proposed criminal justice reforms such as overhauling the bail system, speeding up trials, raising the age of criminal liability to 18 from 16 and recording police interrogations.

He added that bail is applied «inconsistently» and that «for low - income New Yorkers, the bail system has been prohibitive and punitive.»

In today's expansive speech, key proposals included a new pilot after - school program to extend school hours to provide mentoring and tutoring, revamping the state's bail system, raising the age of criminal liability from 16 to 18, recording police interrogations, closing the Indian Point nuclear power plant and a $ 20 billion affordable housing plan.

She also launched a successful action with Brooklyn's district attorney to address systemic racism in the prosecution of «broken windows» infractions, the bail system and discovery.

THE BRONX — Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is calling on the state to abolish or significantly reform the bail system after the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization posted $ 100,000 bail for Pedro Hernandez.

Meanwhile lawmakers also confirmed a provision that would create a cashless bail system was out of the budget talks.

Those proposals include reforming the state's bail system and launching an $ 11 million campaign to discourage recruitment by such violent street gangs as MS - 13, blamed for 25 slayings on Long Island over the past two years.

«I don't want to comment on the specifics yet, but we're going to have a bail reform proposal in the State of the State because I think we can make the bail system better,» said Cuomo.

Among the people most outspoken about the problems with the state's bail system that led to Browder's long detention is former Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman — who attended the speech today and who Ms. Mark - Viverito said would head a commission to explore a «community - based justice model that will complement existing reform efforts.»

«They both imploded immediately after appointing me,» Judge Lippman, 70, said with a laugh recently in his Manhattan chambers, where he candidly spoke about issues he's been trying to take on — from raising the age of criminality to reforming an «ass - backwards» bail system.

Mr. Lippman, who is an advocate of reforming the bail system, said the commission would study who is held at Rikers and ways to get some of those people out of it.

There is an ongoing conversation in New York about how to fix the bail system that many agree is broken, keeping too many poor people in jail after they are arrested for low - level nonviolent offenses but can not afford to post bond and, at times, allowing individuals back onto the street who are prone to violence but able to pay bail.

Crediting Chief Judge Janet DiFiore for her counsel in developing the plan, the governor also laid out proposals for videotaping of interrogations for serious offenses (including homicide, kidnapping and sex crimes), a reform of the bail system to weigh the public safety risks of arrestees, and raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, another proposal that has struggled in the GOP - led Senate.