The Post says: Tell Albany Democrats to fix our catastrophic bail laws — here’s how

Albany pols refuse to acknowledge the truth of bail "reform" killing each minorities and NYPD officers within the streets.
Christopher Sadowski

In 2018, 289 individuals had been killed in New York Metropolis — the bottom homicide charge in 50 years. Final 12 months, the quantity was 485. 2 hundred extra lives taken yearly — and an enormous majority of them had been African American or Hispanic males.

Albany doesn’t care. 

Obsessive about closing all jails and liberating all prisoners, the liberal leaders of the Meeting and Senate reject easy, common sense measures that will assist the justice system crack down on weapons and gangs — saving the lives of the individuals they declare to wish to assist.

Senate Majority Chief Andrea Stewart-Cousins insists fixing the bail legal guidelines would goal “black and brown and poor defendants.”

Hans Pennink

Mayor Adams has requested his fellow Democrats within the Legislature to assist him struggle crime by making some fundamental fixes to the no-bail and Increase the Age legal guidelines: Give judges the facility to jail clearly harmful perps, and let older teenagers caught with a gun be tried in felony, not household, courtroom, if it’s a repeat offense. 

Nothing about that is radical or discriminatory — however to this point, Albany leaders say they gained’t.

Meeting Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Chief Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Gov. Hochul all insist these legal guidelines don’t want fixing. They should hear that you just assume in any other case.

Meeting Speaker Carl Heastie is hesitant to comply with Mayor Eric Adams’ result in sort out crime.

James Messerschmidt

Albany Democrats have defended its catastrophic bail legal guidelines for too lengthy.

AP Photograph/Hans Pennink

Under are the important thing legislators who must get on board. Assist the mayor: Name them, e-mail them — inform them what you assume. Repair this now!

Meeting

 CARL HEASTIE (D-Bronx) 

Speaker 

518-455-3791

Speaker@nyassembly.gov

CRYSTAL PEOPLES-STOKES (D-Buffalo) 

Majority Chief  

518-455-5005

PeopleC@nyassembly.gov

JEFFRION AUBRY (D-Queens) 

Speaker Professional Tempore 

518-455-4561

AubryJ@nyassembly.gov

JEFFREY DINOWITZ (D-Bronx) 

Chair, Codes Committee 

518-455-5965

DinowiJ@nyassembly.gov

DAVID WEPRIN (D-Queens) 

Chair, Correction 

518-455-5806

WeprinD@nyassembly.gov

CHARLES D. LAVINE (D-Glen Cove) 

Chair, Judiciary Committee 

518-455-5456

LavineC@nyassembly.gov

Senate

 ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS (D-W’chester) 

Majority Chief  

518-455-2715

scousins@nysenate.gov

MICHAEL GIANARIS (D-Queens) 

Deputy Majority Chief  

518-455-3486

gianaris@nysenate.gov

 JAMAAL T. BAILEY (D-Bronx) 

Chair, Codes Committee 

518-455-2061

senatorjbailey@nysenate.gov

JULIA SALAZAR (D-Brooklyn) 

Chair, Crime and Correction Committee 

518-455-2177

salazar@nysenate.gov

 BRAD HOYLMAN (D-Manhattan) 

Chair, Judiciary Committee 

518-455-2451

Hoylman@nysenate.gov