New York Senate Committee Passes Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture, Opt State Out of Federal Program

a New York Senate committee passed a bill that would end civil asset forfeiture in the state and replace it with a criminal process. Passage of the bill would also opt the state out of a program that allows police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds.

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