Hochul announces $229B ‘conceptual’ budget agreement after 27-day delay
That marks a reversal from earlier in the day when the governor and legislative leaders appeared to still have several issues to hash out.
“I do believe that judges should have more authority to set bail and detain dangerous defendants,” she added. She did succeed in convincing Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to agree to nix a state law for serious offenses requiring judges to impose the “least restrictive” conditions to ensure criminal defendants show up in court.
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