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Hochul defends bail law changes, says judges have ‘tools they need’

By Kevin Duggan
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Posted on August 3, 2022
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Governor Kathy Hochul rejected pushes by Mayor Eric Adams and conservative politicians to add a so-called “dangerousness standard” to the state’s bail laws Wednesday, saying judges should instead apply the laws she pushed through the state budget earlier this year.

The governor and the state legislature’s recent rollbacks of New York’s bail laws gave the courts the leeway they needed to ensure public safety, Hochul said Wednesday.

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Hochul defends bail law changes, says judges have ‘tools they need’

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