New York
Recent Legislation
2019
Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget: Eliminates cash bail for most offenses
2018
Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget: Raises the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years of age and allows intervention and evidence-based treatment for non-violent youths; requires youths to be placed in specialized juvenile detention facilities instead of adult prisons; creates the Raise the Age Implementation Task Force; requires law enforcement to video-record the custodial interrogations of individuals accused of serious offenses; improves witness identification procedures.
Releases
As debate continues over whether to provide emergency relief to state and local jurisdictions to fight COVID-19, Justice Action Network announced a broad coalition of state and local officials—sheriffs, judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, legislators, and corrections administrators—who are sounding the alarm on the need for federal emergency aid to justice systems across the country.