In the raucous debate over bail reform, simple facts have fallen out of sight.
A bill in the state legislature would prohibit police from interrogating minors before they consulted with a lawyer.
Officials routinely refuse to send requests for medical release to the state parole board, frustrating advocates and raising questions about the murky criteria for medical release.
The final budget made changes to bail law, discovery law, pre-arraignment detention, involuntary commitment and more.
New York Focus obtained and analyzed a proposal presented by Senate leadership to the chamber’s Democratic caucus.
New York state legislators have just days to question phone hacking, forensics, and fusion centers before the budget passes.
Advocates organizing for similar laws say loopholes in Hochul’s proposal make it “virtually meaningless,” and are encouraging the governor to withdraw the measure.
Cuomo vetoed a bill to expand oversight of the prison medical system. Will Hochul take a different tack?
New York’s prison agency is interpreting key provisions of a landmark parole reform law to keep more people locked up. A lead sponsor of the legislation calls it “appalling.”
Incarcerated survivors face a broken system for reporting abuse, frequent retaliation, and little accountability for staff perpetrators.
“I don’t want the ‘jump-out boys’ back out on the street,” said retired NYPD commander Corey Pegues, who disagrees with the mayor’s plan to bring back the controversial NYPD units.
The prison agency has done little to update policies on transparency, masks, social distancing, or vaccination.
In six of eight rural counties, panels of children’s attorneys have lost more than half their lawyers over the past decade.
In 2016, the NYPD and federal prosecutors staged a massive “gang bust” that derailed the lives of dozens of young people — including me — while failing to improve public safety. Why is Eric Adams doubling down on this failed strategy?
Many have described the New York City mayor’s “blueprint” to address gun crime as occupying a novel middle ground. But it mostly copies the policies of his predecessor and relies heavily on tough-on-crime tactics.
Banned for a century, contract labor could return to New York’s prisons.
Orange County DA David Hoovler has repeatedly spoken at Republican Party political events — in apparent violation of the ethics rules of the prosecutors’ association he led.
Defendants given desk appearance tickets may not be assigned a public defender until 20 days after their arrest. That means crucial evidence in cases involving possible jail time could go missing.
Governor Kathy Hochul says she will finally fill vacancies on the state’s parole board, opening the potential to shift from presumptive detention.
The shooting occurred in the program’s pilot area, but even there, police still respond to four out of every five crisis calls - more than twice as many as the city had initially projected.