ALBANY — Legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul have yet to reach a deal on a $216 billion-plus state budget, and lawmakers and aides faced a lengthy to-do list as
Changes to bail reform could be on the way as part of the upcoming state budget. The agreement would allow judges to set bail for more offenses and would make it easier to keep repeat offenders in custody.
State Sen. Samra Brouk and advocate Harvey Rosenthal recently applauded the pending New York budget for many of its included mental health initiatives. They’re right to do so, especially for the investments in psychiatric inpatient capacity. But Brouk and Rosenthal falsely suggest the state’s important Assisted Outpatient Treatment law has resulted in “glaring disparate racial impacts” for having more Black and Hispanic participants.