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Kathy Hochul: “Stronger bail laws to keep repeat offenders off the street.”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Kathy Hochul Holds Press Briefing On Public Safety And Police Investments

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

And for too long, I never heard from the victims that they had rights and they felt that they were sort of collateral damage of a system that was skewed too far in the other direction. We worked fairly hard to change that dynamic. Stronger bail laws to keep repeat offenders off the street. Stronger discovery laws, which was a major undertaking just in the last session of the legislature. But with support of our district attorneys across the state, we got it done. (04:42–04:46)

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