Assembly Bill 5686 (A5686) would restrict state and local police or school resource officers from engaging in immigration enforcement or using public funds to aid in immigration enforcement, as well as prohibiting them from working with federal immigration authorities.
Testimony, including the NYS’s top criminal justice agency, revealed gaps in how the bail data is collected that make it difficult to reach conclusions.
A joint legislative hearing on crime data revealed gaps in the state's methods of collecting information that make it harder to determine whether recent laws like bail reform are working as intended.