The future of the criminal justice reforms enacted January first remains unclear. A chorus of opponents has been echoing their sentiments for months while defenders have largely remained silent. Rockland County Executive Ed Day told “The Morning Show” Friday he’s concerned the reform laws, while some are necessary, are more the result of political dis-agreements over safety…
One of the bill’s backers is David Carlucci, state senator for Rockland and Westchester counties. Carlucci thinks amendments can be made to fix some of the more egregious issues, including restoring discretion back to judges in cases of bail…
Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski says he didn’t vote for the bill, but he does feel that the justice system needs to be made more fair to all who enter, whether they have money or not…
Neither Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie nor Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins appears to be eager to revisit the law.