#Adams warns ‘more to be done’ on bail reform after budget deal

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“Adams warns ‘more to be done’ on bail reform after budget deal”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned fixes to New York’s controversial bail reform law and other criminal justice policies don’t go far enough — declaring Friday ahead of his 100 day anniversary in office that “there’s more to be done” to clean up soaring crime in the Big Apple.
“Although I commend them on steps they took towards dealing with public safety – something that people said was impossible for us to get done – but clearly, there’s more to be done,” Hizzoner said on Fox 5’s Good Day New York when asked if the proposed changes to bail reform are strong enough.
Sunday, April 10 will mark Adams’ 100 days as New York City’s leader. The former NYPD cop has made public safety a key tenet of his tenure.
Adams pushed for “targeted amendments” to New York’s 2019 bail reform law as a key measure necessary to help him stem a concerning uptick in gun violence.

Hochul announced a “conceptual” deal on Albany’s mammoth $220 billion state budget Thursday evening, which includes provisions allowing judges to set bail for defendants charged with repeat offenses, hate crimes and gun-related charges.
The record-breaking budget will also consider whether someone’s criminal record makes them likely to do “harm” if released.
But the budget deal doesn’t include a comprehensive “dangerousness standard” – a measure Adams has said is needed so judges can lock up newly arrested defendants who pose a risk to the public if they’re put back on the streets.
“I think that we have a lot more to do. The session is still in play,” he continued shortly after during a separate appearance on NY1.
The mayor did net some wins, however, cheering Albany’s greenlight of a tax rebate aimed at directing millions of dollars back into the pockets of families.

But Adams didn’t get his wish for three years of mayoral control of the city’s public schools, even though Hochul had previously said she was going to give him four, but he failed to get Albany leaders to agree on the request.
“This is now time to deal with policies, as we deal with everything for mayoral control where over a million children have a level of uncertainty right now. I need to continue the progress in the schools and also make sure we make the right decisions around public safety. And I’m going to continue to partner with Albany to accomplish this,” he added.
When probed about his progress during his first 100 days, he said: “I am a tough grader and I am impatient. I want changes right away.”
“We have to be safe. Every time a gun goes off, we are endangering the life of a New Yorker like the 12-year-old baby we lost last week and so we are going to continue to do the right thing.
He then touted the work of his new anti-gun unit — a version of the NYPD’s controversial plainclothes anti-crime unit — unveiled on March 14, which has made 101 arrests, 22 of which were for guns through March 30, according to City Hall.
“My police department and our police department, we have removed over 1,000 guns off our streets in the last 90-something days. Yet the guns continue to flow. So I continuously say that there are many rivers that are feeding this sea of violence.”

Adams has also been keen on cleaning up homelessness, launching a subway safety plan mid-February that removes individuals from subway platforms and tries to connect them with supportive housing.
The mayor has also started an aggressive push to clear homeless encampments from the subways.
“I’m going to continue to do what I have to do to improve the quality of life in the city — including the homeless encampment that we’re removing off our streets to stop the normalizing of the quality of life issues that we’re facing.”
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