NY criminal justice policies on shaky ground after 5 years of bail reform backlash
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Continuing a years’ long trend of extensive alterations to workplace laws, New York State and New York City continued to enact new workplace legislation impacting employers. A...
New York now has a parole system that goes out of its way to release violent inmates – including cop killers and child murderers – back into society. Under the cover of a so-called “progressive” political ideology that has taken complete control of the reins of power in Albany, this state has become less safe.
The “Clean Slate Act,” one of the most significant bills passed by the state Legislature this year, was hailed by supporters as helping people with criminal records move forward with
In New York State, the government rarely seems interested in locking people up unless their last name is Trump. But on the rare occasions when they do toss someone in the slammer, they’re always...