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NY bail law fight emblematic of Democrats’ debate on crime

FILE - This June 20, 2014 file photo shows the Rikers Island jail complex in New York, with the Manhattan skyline in the background. It's hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to toughen the state's bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor. The debate over bail in New York has been fierce enough to delay passage of the state's budget. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - Police officers escort a handcuffed suspect to a car during a raid in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. It's hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to toughen the state's bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor. The debate over bail in New York has been fierce enough to delay passage of the state's budget. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - Inmates inside Albany County jail's veteran's pod gather for a group session with Sarah Polidore, center, executive director of field services for Moral Reconation Therapy, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. It's hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to toughen the state's bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor. The debate over bail in New York has been fierce enough to delay passage of the state's budget. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) FILE - A Rikers Island juvenile detention facility officer walks down a hallway of the jail, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in New York. It's hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to toughen the state's bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor. The debate over bail in New York has been fierce enough to delay passage of the state's budget. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
NY bail law fight emblematic of Democrats’ debate on crime