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New York's bail reform law does not allocate any additional funds for treatment centers and similar programs, which has been a bipartisan critique of the 2019 policy.

“I’ll work with the Legislature to address this … to make sure their needs that they hear from their constituents just as much as I do, and we’ll get it done.”

“The effects of bail and discovery reform and the dismantling of our criminal justice system, has effected every New Yorker and made them less safe."

The Leader of the New York State Senate says it’s likely that changes will soon be made to the state’s new bail reform laws, which end most forms of cash bail for non violent offenses.

Bail reform has become a major flashpoint, with Republicans and some Democrats saying the law has meant some repeat offenders and potentially violent suspects being released too quickly.

“There is a lot of people exaggerating the situation. The vast majority of people, they are non-violent crimes, that’s the premise, they are misdemeanors.”

“They are tone-deaf. They are not listening to people back in their districts.”

"There's no doubt this is still a work in progress, and there are other changes that have to be made."

Some state officials are already asking for revisions to a law eliminating cash bail for people charged with misdemeanors and non-violent felonies.

New York will end cash bail for everyone accused of a nonviolent crime and adopt new rules in the pretrial discovery process.