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President Donald Trump has New York’s bail reforms in his sights. Photo: The White House; Illustration: New York Focus
New York’s bail reform law didn’t eliminate cash bail and hasn’t led to increased crime or recidivism. The Trump administration is still targeting it.
By Chris Gelardi

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from states and localities that have enacted “cashless bail policies.” The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to compile a list of jurisdictions that have “substantially eliminated” their cash bail systems, which require criminal defendants who can’t afford court-imposed collateral to sit in jail while awaiting trial.

The administration could move to suspend or terminate those jurisdictions’ federal grants and contracts, the order said.

Trump signaled that he has New York in his sights, even though the state allows cash bail for almost all of the offenses the order describes. That could put the state’s 2019 pretrial detention reforms at risk — though similar moves by the Trump administration have met hurdles in federal courts.

Key members of the New York City Council are stepping up oversight of a program providing free internet in public housing, after New York Focus revealed it is being used to expand surveillance. Canva
“New Yorkers did not agree to trade their right to privacy for the promise of free internet,” key committee chairs wrote to city officials.
By Zachary Groz

Three committee chairs of the New York City Council sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams’s administration on Monday demanding that it immediately halt an ongoing expansion of police surveillance in public housing developments and requesting information that could enable a public hearing or investigation.

The letter followed a New York Focus investigation earlier this month that found that the New York City Police Department is using a free internet program to expand its real-time video surveillance capabilities at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments without notifying lawmakers or residents.

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