Jim Walden: “Bail reform laws are not the mayor's province. They came out…”

“… to keep the community safe and make sure that the alleged offender is going to show up to court and not be available to victimize other people. And so those Bail reform laws are not the mayor's province. They came out of Albany. certainly when unelected. I'm going to work hard with coalitions of people who realize that that was a mistake to try to restore discretion to judges.” (24:17–24:23)

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