The loss of life of an upstate volunteer firefighter, who collapsed preventing a blaze allegedly set by a serial arsonist, is spurring calls to vary the state’s bail reform legislation.
William “Billy” Steinberg, 37, responded to the hearth in an empty trip dwelling in Sullivan County on Jan. 15 and collapsed, based on native studies.
Steinberg, an assistant chief with the Forestburgh Hearth Firm, died of an obvious coronary heart assault, based on the US Hearth Administration.
The hearth was allegedly began by Mohammed Islam, 32, who's accused of breaking into the house and utilizing paper and wooden to spark the blaze which incinerated the home, based on a legal criticism.
He was charged with second-degree housebreaking and fourth-degree arson, each felonies, data present,
Islam had been charged on Jan. 14 with arson and housebreaking for 2 earlier fires — on Jan. 10 and on Jan. 13, based on legal complaints.
Islam was let loose a day earlier than the deadly hearth due to the state’s bail reform legislation, stated state Sen. Mike Martucci, a Republican from the Hudson Valley.
Martucci stated at a press convention Saturday that he was introducing “Billy’s Legislation” to authorize bail and pre-trial detention for all felony arson prices.
“Our state leaders mustn't want any extra proof that bail reform is a failed coverage. Earlier than yet another harmless life is misplaced, motion should be taken,” Martucci stated. “Billy’s Legislation is a sensible step with a broad and bipartisan consensus to deal with the dangerousness of repeat offenders and shield our volunteer firefighters.”
Steinberg’s father, Jim, stated if “the system has failed our group, my household, and Billy,”
“Presently, my household and I are pleading to the New York State Senate and Meeting to vary bail reform to guard our firefighters and the residents of New York, so that they by no means need to endure such a tragedy themselves,” Steinberg stated.
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, a Democrat from Forestburgh, stated she would introduce laws “to ensure that this by no means occurs once more.”
Islam is being held in Sullivan County jail on $100,000 bail.
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