The historic and hard-won bail reform law passed in 2019 made New York's criminal system fairer, helped keep families together, and made long-overdue progress toward ending decades of racial bias in our system. It has also kept thousands of legally innocent people out of deadly jails like Rikers.
But just like last year and the year before that, our critical reforms are again under political threat. The campaign to rollback bail reform is fueled by a multi-million dollar initiative to drive up fear, peddle misinformation, and throw more New Yorkers behind bars simply for being unable to buy their freedom.
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