Yeah I know the theory I’m talking about real life here. The feds tax us more and control the vast majority of the things that affect us everyday.

The fact that interstate commerce clause allows the feds to control commerce that never leaves a states boundaries is all you need to know for who is really in control.

Whoever implemented this version of bail reform did not do a thorough job of closing out some odd loopholes. However, bail reform did help a very high number of folks who were first time offenders to not lose their jobs and livelihood. I hope the next iteration of reforms will fix these issues - especially the career criminals and repeat offenders.

Sure, and I accept that under normal circumstances they can refuse a lot of them, I would hope they do so in a good faith way (ie. Denying them when there is another applicant or an actual issue rather than just going "eh no good applicants" and leaving a space vacant). I want it improved, but I don't think landlords should just get to go completely ignore it.

When its your family member that gets stabbed because someone with a violent record got off easily ill hear you out

you can't have bail reform but also not allow for them to have discretion on if they are likely to be a violent risk. It's one or the other.

We've tried the "tough on crime" and "War on Drugs" angle for 40+ years. Sooooooo yeah, I don't know that 2 years is enough to undo decades of terrible conservative policies. Plus bail IS NOT PUNISHMENT. That's LITERALLY a violation of several constitutional amendments to impose a punishment before a sentence has been given by a judge.

That being said, the revolving door of people with 10,000 charges being let back out on the street is wild. There should be a precondition that people released must not commit new crimes and that certain crimes go through a separate review process to determine whether that person can safely be allowed to be released pretrial.

And before ANYONE says "well *insert number" people support it", I don't care. Not everyone knows the law and most people operate based on what they think the law is. But I digress.

The current dynamic can't continue but it can't continue anymore than the one favored by the conservatives for the last several decades can continue. We need to sit down and come up with policy divorced of politics and pleasing "the other side of the aisle". Or else we will end up having this discussion again.

You sound very naive. Under the current housing crisis any landlord can find an easy reason to legitimately reject a Section 8 applicant or just accept one as a token. Its just one more application out of many. And its not like the apartment is going to waste as someone else who needs it and willing to pay for it out of pocket will get it.

There is simply not enough housing stock in NYC for the demand. Section 8 isn't going to solve this.

No. Discovery is the correct, legal and ETHICAL thing to do. If it's an issue, fund the courts and more staff. Everyone on trial is entitled to ALL of the evidence against them. Period

"Grieving families" don't take priority over a fair trial. That could be your or any one of us railroaded at trial with an immoral prosecutor withholding evidence.

They also support a larger tax in millionaires but you won't see the Post bragging about that.

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One day when the MTA is not operated as a jobs program maybe things will change :(

Relevant to this article, the New York Times did a really great expose on the 2nd Ave Subway back in 2017, appropriately titled The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth, well worth a read as everything in it is still relevant to this day: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html

What a landlord would like to be true and what their legal obligation is are two very different things. Just because a landlord failed to fully consider the marker they were in does not mean they get a free pass to break the law and illegally discriminate against voucher tenants.

When there are many people walking the streets with 100+ arrests, I think it's safe to conclude there is something wrong with bail

Paying for more Section 8 housing at a better rate will not solve the lack of affordable housing. Only more housing construction will. Now, would more demand stimulate more housing stock to meet the demand? It hasn't so far.

You think anyone investing in Tribeca or Dumbo rental properties is thinking about Section 8? You honestly believe think thats the clientele they are taking into consideration and not the people making 6 or 7 figures a year?

So… we shouldn’t ensure that defendants get the evidence against them in a timely manner, or get a speedy trial?

There may be some truth in noting that 30.30 is getting a lot of cases dismissed. But the solution to that is more resources for handling the process, not subjecting people to unjust processes as a form of extra-legal punishment. It’s the same thing with cashless bail. So much of the criticism isn’t about the law, it’s about how an overwhelmed prosecutorial system is dealing with the law. We need to find a better response than to just unwind the reforms so that our prosecutors can have the upper hand again to railroad defendants.

Absolutely. Some of the rules are very antiquated as if its 1988. Why deny payments to the landlord because the tenant changed their cellphone number without informing the offices?

Sure, let’s jump into a tough on crime policy, despite the evidence not showing that bail reform has been the problem. It’s an emotional reaction leading to a knee jerk over-correction.

Progressive legislators don’t give a shit.

Lmao democrats support this even more than republicans.

Sorry progressives, we tried it your way, and it was a huge failure, that got countless people hurt and murdered. Time to give control of the party back to the sane democrats.

I agree. Let's give them a few billion more dollars a year in funding. You would agree with giving section 8 a huge federal expansion? I think programs like this are crippled by funding and old laws.

Finally something most of us agree on it seems: judges should have more discretion in bail sentencing. Criminals with violent crime records should not be allowed bail or if bail must be set, it should be set to a very high number.

Bail reform is not the major issue. Speedy trial and discovery reform is what's really driving the work load and priority of cases at DA offices to work on and abandon for eventually dismissal by 30.30. Which contributes to the appearance of revolving door of perps and lack of priority to resolve the issue by police, courts, govt

Also Gov needs to revisit the Grieving Families Act that she veto due to special interest lobby - another massive failure that no one is talking about nor much in news