On most charges, a judge has no power whatsoever to set cash bail. Furthermore, New York remains the only state in the Union in which a judge may never consider a defendant’s “dangerousness ...

Legally, bail or pretrial incarceration aims to guarantee the presence of a criminal suspect—a defendant, innocent until proven guilty—at trial. New York’s 2020 reforms to the cash bail ...

In 2019, Democrats in New York were feeling pretty ... and another for the poor. No New Yorker was any safer for rich people buying their way out, or poor people languishing in jail. The reforms took ...

He was released on no-cash bail but failed to attend his hearing and was later captured in New York City. Hermes Craddock was arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase. He was released ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks while Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair & CEO Janno Lieber presides over a meeting of the MTA Board at New York's Grand Central Madison. AP Here we go again ...

SUNY Canton Narula was arraigned by Canton Town Justice Michael Morgan and released without bail pending a return ... turned the case over to the New York State Inspector General’s Office ...

A New York man spent five long months in New York’s infamous Riker’s Island prison before learning that he could free himself by posting just $2 in bail ... knew they had no evidence ...