It’s been more than five years since New York State implemented contentious legislation that ended the use of cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. In that time, the controversial ...

They’re skipping bail — for now. New York leaders largely adopted a wait-and-see approach to President Trump’s executive order Monday aiming to end cashless bail — with some saying his edict wouldn’t ...

TONAWANDA TOWN, N.Y. — NY Governor Kathy Hochul was in Western New York on Monday where she talked about efforts by the state to reduce crime. However, as it often happens, the thorny topic of bail ...

The term “bail reform” has become synonymous with the Left’s broader criminal justice agenda. In New York, that agenda was instantiated in a specific policy initiative passed by New York State ...

A big change is coming to the New York state criminal justice system with the start of the new year. The state will join New Jersey and California in severely restricting the use of cash bail, and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — According to the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the rate of felony rearrests dropped since bail reform took effect five years ago.

In most cases, judges do not set partially secured security bonds as the most affordable option—and it's not the work of a few mistaken judges, Oded Oren writes. New York's partially secured surety ...

Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative and political reporter. Prior to CBS2, she was the City Hall bureau chief at the New York Daily News. As President Trump takes aim at ...

In a new executive order, President Donald Trump threatened Monday to withhold federal dollars from communities, including New York, that offer cashless bail. The move was met with pushback from New ...