Rockland’s Sheriff isn’t happy with some of the criminal justice reforms passed in the state budget earlier this week. Sheriff Lou Falco says the elimination of many of the cash bail requirements makes law enforcement’s job much harder…
Under the new law judges would still be able to set bail for violent felonies and other serious crimes. Earlier this week Governor Andrew Cuomo said the criminal justice reform package would also close more state prisons…
A spokesman for the New York Sheriffs Association, said his group and others had endorsed recommendations made by the New York Justice Task Force, which would have given judges greater discretion on bail, but that wasn’t the bill that ended up being adopted.