State Speaker Carl Heastie is holding up efforts to fix bail reform

ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he has no intention of modifying New York’s controversial criminal justice system overhaul, which has enraged prosecutors, police and some judges by nixing most bail requirements and forcing early production of evidence in cases. “I think I’m ready to let the law continue the way it is,” the...

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