New York Gov. Kathy Hochul arrives to deliver her State of the State address in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged Tuesday that her plan to eliminate the least restrictive standard that judges must consider in criminal cases has been met with pushback from some state lawmakers.
“Many members of the legislature have stepped up in support. Others have not,” Hochul said during a speaking event in Rochester, the state’s fourth-largest city, where its mayor said he is “frustrated” by persistent crime as a result of the tendency for state judges to release allegedly dangerous and sometimes repeat offenders under 2019 bail reform.
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