Manhattan Unhinged man who allegedly punched 9-year-old girl at Grand Central Terminal had been released on assault charge days earlier Posted on April 14, 2024
Politics Hochul signs $229B budget deal into law, making changes she sought to state bail laws Posted on May 3, 2023
Politics State budget could be finalized by week’s end with talks stuck on cannabis, charter schools: Hochul Posted on April 25, 2023
Politics Hochul, lawmakers push budget deadline for second time with talks stuck on bail Posted on April 10, 2023
Politics Brooklyn Assembly Member to start hunger strike for the second year running to protest Hochul’s proposed bail changes Posted on April 6, 2023
Politics Hochul, legislative leaders extend budget deadline to April 10 as talks continue to stall on bail Posted on April 4, 2023
Politics State budget expected to be late due to lengthy talks on bail reform and housing, Hochul, legislative leaders say Posted on March 30, 2023
Politics Bail reform rollback: Over 100 law professors demand Hochul, legislature keep ‘least restrictive’ plan out of budget Posted on March 28, 2023
Politics Majority of New Yorkers support bail reform rollback, raising taxes on the wealthy: poll Posted on March 27, 2023
Politics Hochul’s latest effort to tweak bail reform could again upend pursuit of on-time state budget Posted on March 22, 2023
Politics Activists vow to protect bail reform and close Rikers Island at Manhattan rally Posted on March 1, 2023
Politics Hochul admin says pretrial rearrest rate is flat since bail laws took effect, Albany Republicans aren’t buying it Posted on January 30, 2023
Politics Hochul doubles down on call for judges to have more discretion in setting bail for ‘serious crimes’ Posted on January 24, 2023
News Hochul lays out big plans for housing production, public safety in State of the State address Posted on January 10, 2023
Politics Crunching the numbers: Yes, crime is up — but NYC is still safer than it was two decades ago. The NYPD’s statistics prove it. Posted on October 24, 2022
Politics Adams talks ‘antiquated’ criminal justice infrastructure following mayoral summit Posted on October 23, 2022
Politics Information war: Mayor and NYPD wage battle of statistics with criminal justice advocates over bail reform and recidivism Posted on August 3, 2022
PoliticsNY Zeldin claims Dems will lose Albany supermajorities in November, helping him overturn bail reforms
Politics New York tweaks bail reform to make it easier to detain people for repeat theft Posted on April 9, 2022
Politics Families of those deceased in city jails urge Governor to halt bail policy changes: letter Posted on March 25, 2022
Politics Ten-point plan from Hochul looks to tweak bail reform, drawing both critics and supporters Posted on March 17, 2022
Bronx Times In wake of 1st inmate death at Rikers this year, activists call for facility’s closure and mass decarceration
Manhattan Chinatown murder victim Christina Yuna Lee was stabbed 40 times and found dead in pool of her own blood, prosecutors say Posted on February 15, 2022
Manhattan Suspect in Chinatown murder was on supervised release for assault and criminal mischief: records Posted on February 14, 2022
Politics Shea backs lawmakers’ efforts to tighten bail laws for NYC gun offenders Posted on October 12, 2021
Police & Fire NYPD shooting stats update due Monday as city leaders look to tackle persistent gun violence Posted on July 18, 2021
Police & Fire ‘This is craziness and we need help’: Shea seeks legal changes to stop NYC gun violence Posted on June 1, 2021
Politics Steward-Cousins, Gianaris announce Democratic supermajority in Albany Posted on November 23, 2020
Coronavirus Brooklyn burglar who ‘pops locks faster than a key’ haunting residents on one block Posted on May 26, 2020
Politics New York budget bill includes criminal justice reform roll-backs, hate crimes become ‘domestic terrorism’ Posted on April 3, 2020
Politics Brooklyn assembly woman says it’s the ‘wrong time’ to change criminal justice reforms Posted on April 1, 2020
Coronavirus Bail reform advocates hold the line as COVID-19 threatens jail populations Posted on March 25, 2020
Police & Fire In trouble again: NYPD says 143 people committed 230 crimes in January after being sprung from jail Posted on February 5, 2020
QNS Sen. James Sanders delivers annual ‘Tuvalu Challenge’ address from the waters off Rockaway Beach to cap Earth Day celebration
Gay City News West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete