Amid stalled budget negotiations in New York, Mayor Eric Adams called for urgent reforms to discovery laws and involuntary commitment processes. He highlighted the state's increasing recidivism rate and stressed that some lawmakers are dismissing the issue. Recent NYPD data indicates significant spikes in felony assaults and auto thefts, prompting calls for legislative changes to close loopholes in recently enacted criminal justice reforms from 2020. Meanwhile, advocacy groups contest the narrative presented by city officials, claiming the reforms could undermine protections for accused individuals awaiting trial.
We've been in conversation with lawmakers who don't believe we have a recidivism problem.
What we have asked partners in Albany to do is to look at these laws and make necessary reforms, and close some unintended loopholes that had been opened since 2020.
The reforms that we've put forward, I think are surgical, they're a scalpel approach. They do not bend the spirit of the criminal justice reforms of 2019.
Moreover, the data refutes Commissioner Tisch's claim that 'serious violent felony cases' are being dismissed.
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