{"id":1712031,"date":"2022-10-26T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712031"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:48:53","slug":"zeldin-attacks-hochul-for-supporting-cashless-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zeldin-attacks-hochul-for-supporting-cashless-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeldin Attacks Hochul For Supporting Cashless Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzeldin-attacks-hochul-for-supporting-cashless-bail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712031&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the midst of a crime wave engulfing New York City, New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin focused on bail reform in the state as he consistently attacked New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul for supporting it.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the debate, Zeldin attacked Hochul\u2019s erstwhile support for cashless bail, saying, \u201cKathy Hochul supports cashless bail; as soon as it got implemented she was out bragging about it. She chose the champion of the Defund the Police movement and the architect of cashless bail, Brian Benjamin \u2014 yeah, that guy who got arrested and had to resign \u2014 that was her first big decision to make as lieutenant governor. We need to repeal cashless bail. \u2026 We need to make our streets safe again. I\u2019m running to take back our streets and to support unapologetically our men and women in law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York passed a major bail reform law in 2019 which barred cash bail unless there were a serious misdemeanor or felony. Defendants could not be held by judges based on whether the judge thought the defendant was dangerous. That law was reformed after public outcry in both 2020 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/08\/24\/new-york-democrats-bail-reform-00052207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u201cWe never said that the cause of crime in the state is because of bail reform. That is too simplistic. That is a political slogan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/p00056\/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-july-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in August compared to July 2021, July 2022 found \u00a0citywide shooting incidents had increased 13.4% and the number of murders citywide increased for the month by 34.3%.<\/p>\n<p>That same month, Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/politics\/2022\/08\/08\/hochul-defends-bail-reform-as-zeldin-challenges-her-on-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u201cI will look at all the data. I\u2019ve yet to see data that shows a correlation with a net increase in crime and the bail laws. Because it doesn\u2019t exist in any other city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Hocul mocked Zeldin for his focus on bail reform.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin prompted Hochul\u2019s cavalier answer by declaring, \u00a0\u201cI stated that the first day that I\u2019m in office, I\u2019m going to declare a crime emergency and suspend cashless bail and these other criminal laws because there is a crime emergency. My opponent thinks that right now, there\u2019s a polio emergency going on but there\u2019s not a crime emergency \u2014 different priorities that I\u2019m hearing from people right now that are not being represented, from this governor who still to this moment, what are we, halfway through this debate? She still hasn\u2019t talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who commits a crime under our laws, especially with the change we made to bail, has consequences. I don\u2019t know why that\u2019s so important to you,\u201d Hochul replied.<\/p>\n<p>Then she avoided talking about the numerous incidents of people being attacked, segueing to a pitch for gun control: \u201cAll I know is that we can do more. We could do so much more if there was a nationwide ban, but certainly a state ban on teenagers being able to get guns, assault weapons. That\u2019s what happened in Buffalo; a teenager walked into a shop and was able to buy an assault weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why it is so hard to articulate what needs to get done,\u201d Zeldin fired back. \u201cWhen you have a district attorney \u00a0refusing to enforce the law, stand up. When you\u2019re asked about the Jose Alba case \u2014 I was in front of the district attorney\u2019s office that day \u2014 you had a press conference, you were asked; you said it was a local decision, you\u2019re not going to get involved in it. I said Alvin Bragg should be removed; you said he just got there; cut him some slack; he\u2019s doing his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say we should overhaul cashless bail,\u201d Zeldin continued. \u201cYou\u2019re saying there\u2019s no data to support it, you have to elect me to find out what my position on it might be in January.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of a crime wave engulfing New York City, New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin focused on bail reform in the state as he consistently attacked New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul for supporting it. 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