NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea blames bail reform for 2020 crime spike
(New York Post Local News)

A sharp rise in citywide crime since 2020 began was sparked by New York´s new bail reform laws, which took away a judge´s discretion to hold repeat and possibly violent offenders behind bars, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference Friday. `In the first three weeks of this year, we´re seeing significant...