The legislative ruler of the state governor, Cathy Hochol, obtained legislators to agree to the budget in which they pass (finally) this week, they will not completely solve the problems of New York with crime and mental illness – but they are the beginning.
Even if they should be placed in a $ 254 billion spending plan, which will pressure the taxpayers and be equal to the financial state.
Hochul obtained the legislative body to be fine some small reforms of the “discovery” law, which dictates the rules of prosecutors to collect and share evidence with the defense lawyer.
The 2019 “Reforms” allowed this statute of defense lawyer to obtain horrific crime cases on ridiculous technology.
Judges will now have to evaluate the due care for public prosecutors based on their comprehensive efforts All the required categories From evidence – instead of all Individual document.
Defense lawyers are now facing a 35 -day time to accuse prosecutors of their failure to meet all the rules.
Unfortunately, it is still possible to reject cases to discover “violations” that is meaningless even if they do not affect the results of the case.
New York judges, who often prefer victims, will have a tremendous discretionary power over what is considered a violation.
And what to do about that.
Hochul has made more progress in expanding the irregular commitment of mental patients.
Their reforms allow the authorities to enter a person to the hospital not only if it represents an imminent danger to himself or others, but also if he risks harm due to “inability or rejection” to pay attention to himself, because of his illness.
this TRUE sympathy; People get the help they need, even if they are very sick so that they cannot perceive them.
It also helps to protect the public from potential violence from people with mental illness have not yet considered an imminent threat.
Of course, the trick, for both the discovery and the inappropriate commitment, will obtain the police, prosecutors, judges, doctors and administrators. Understand New laws and their implementation honestly.
No criminal should be allowed to escape the consequences based on unrelated technical violations. It is important to make people with mental illness from the streets and to the facilities you can take care of the best.
Again, all this was stuffed in A quarter trillion dollars plus The budget that raises the recklessness of the state -funded spending by 9.5 %, more than three times inflation.
This guarantees the chaos of the budget later this year, when Uncle Sam operates federal aid to New York, not to mention revenue losses from any economic slowdown.
At least there some We hope to make the streets a little more safe and treat mental patients more humane – if the authorities continue.
