Cuomo, in Bid to Help Poor, Proposes Ending Cash Bail for Minor Crimes
In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans to outline a package of criminal justice reforms. Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask the New York State Legislature to eliminate cash bail for many crimes and to speed up the disclosure of evidence in trials as part of a package of proposals intended make the criminal justice system fairer for indigent defendants, his aides said.
The governor plans to outline the proposals on Wednesday in his State of the State address, as lawmakers convene in Albany and prepare to take up a legislative agenda that is expected to focus not only on criminal justice but also on the environment and education as well.