{"id":424647,"date":"2022-04-01T02:19:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lawmakers-failed-to-get-baseline-data-to-judge-bail-reforms\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T02:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:19:31","slug":"lawmakers-failed-to-get-baseline-data-to-judge-bail-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lawmakers-failed-to-get-baseline-data-to-judge-bail-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lawmakers failed to get baseline data to judge bail reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2738e625d05\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2738e625d05\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lawmakers-failed-to-get-baseline-data-to-judge-bail-reforms\/#%E2%80%9CLawmakers_failed_to_get_baseline_data_to_judge_bail_reforms%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lawmakers failed to get baseline data to judge bail reforms&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLawmakers_failed_to_get_baseline_data_to_judge_bail_reforms%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lawmakers failed to get baseline data to judge bail reforms&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>They didn\u2019t do their homework! <\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers in Albany who initially passed the controversial bail reforms failed to require that state agencies perform a baseline analysis of its impacts \u2014 making it impossible to determine what effect the law has had on crime in the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>The egregious omission came to light as the fight over the law once again takes center stage in Albany. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to trim the reforms back as part of the Empire State\u2019s must-pass budget, which are fiercely opposed by progressive-led Democrats in control of the legislature. <\/p>\n<p>The enacted legislation <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ww2.nycourts.gov\/pretrial-release-data-33136\">required the state agencies<\/a> that oversee the court system and criminal arrests to track cases, but only after the law took effect. It included no provision to create a baseline for comparison by reviewing cases before the legislation kicked in \u2014 and the agencies have refused to produce one in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> requests. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t accurately make good tweaks unless you have a comprehensive dataset to compare it against,\u201d said Chris Herrmann, an assistant professor at CUNY\u2019s John Jay College of Criminal Justice who once served as a crime statistics expert at the NYPD. \u201cShame on them for not have a comparative year for bail reform data and shame on them [lawmakers] for putting analysts and reporter in this position to not have it. That\u2019s on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Criminal justice experts, like Herrmann, say the failure has left New York policymakers flying blind as reform critics and proponents battle over what role, if any, the bail changes have played in the Big Apple\u2019s spike in shootings and murders. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-332.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-21738067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-332.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-332.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-332.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sources said that ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was very against releasing data pertaining to the bail reform law.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Richard Drew<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way to understand if a law is working if you can\u2019t measure how it operated before the change,\u201d said John Pfaff, a criminal law professor at Fordham University. \u201cThe whole point of reform is to make things better, but you can\u2019t tell if that\u2019s happening if you can\u2019t compare it to how things were before.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The two agencies tasked with keeping the data for the state \u2014 the Office of Court Administration and the Division of Criminal Justice Services \u2014 have published a database that contains information for the first 18 months-worth of cases that were arraigned after the law took effect, spanning from January 2020 through June 2021. <\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019ve refused requests from The Post to perform the analysis or to provide the underlying data for cases from before the law took effect, claiming it was exempt from release. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-330.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Eric L. Adams, Mayor of New York City Participated on the Special Event to Mark International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade Today.\" class=\"wp-image-21738077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly called for the bail reform law to be amended.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Europa <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>wire\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legislative sources said the administration of disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was \u201cvery against and fought tooth and nail against any previous data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not our recollection that any of this came up,\u201d responded an ex-official from the administration. <\/p>\n<p>The information void has helped turn the reforms into a lightning rod as the Big Apple battles a surge in shootings and homicides. <\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams and other critics have linked the bloodshed to bail reform and launched a highly public effort to cajole changes from Albany\u2019s top lawmakers, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-333.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Sate Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, speaks in favor of new legislation for police reform during a news briefing.\" class=\"wp-image-21738086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-333.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-333.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-333.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie had called the bail reform law a \u201cscapegoat\u201d for New York City\u2019s rising crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Hans Pennink<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reform boosters argue the spike in fatal gunplay is linked to a national pandemic-driven uptick in violent crime that\u2019s been exacerbated by frayed relationships between police and minority communities and accuse Hizzoner and others of fear-mongering. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned \u2014 as everyone is \u2014 about the spike in crime,\u201d said Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) during a press conference in February. \u201cBut there is no connection between our bail reform and the national spike in crime.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The month before, Heastie called the bail blame a \u201cscapegoat,\u201d telling reporters that \u201cPart of my frustration is that when anything bad that happens, it\u2019s got to be bail reform\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-329.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks at the New York State Democratic Committee Convention at the Sheraton Times Square in Manhattan. \" class=\"wp-image-21738099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/bail-reform-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Andrea Stewart-Cousins said there was no connection between the bail reform law and rising crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That back and forth is symptomatic of the failure to publish data that would allow the public and press to evaluate how the system worked before and after the changes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bail reform law addressed many important inequalities in the system but there are serious issues being raised now about its impacts on violent crime and those issue need to be addressed,\u201d said Richard Aborn, who heads the Citizens Crime Commission and has been repeatedly called on to probe the inner workings of the NYPD. \u201cBut in order to do so it is imperative that we have a common set of facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Heastie and Stewart-Cousins did not respond to requests for comment. <\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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