New Hour For Women And Children Call On The NYS Legislature To Reject Changes To Bail Reform

Governor Hochul has continued to pressure the Legislature to make ill-informed and nonsensical rollbacks to bail reform that will disproportionately harm Black and brown communities. In response to the Governor’s actions, Serena Martin-Liguori, Executive Director of New Hour for Women and Children, released the following statement: “The New York State

Legislature has a duty to reject the unconscionable and morally wrong-minded proposed amendments to New York’s bail law in the upcoming budget. The Governor is plainly and openly playing politics. The data presents a clear conclusion: bail reform is working. If the Governor and State Legislature give in to the racist demands of ill-intentioned opponents to the policy,