Episode No. 55- New York's Deal With the Devil with Guest Jim Quinn, Retired

Jim Quinn is a former Executive district attorney in Queens, New York.  His family have lived there for four generations.  Jim was in the front lines as New York slipped bail reform into the budget bill in 2019 and when it went into effect in January 2020.  Jim has written numerous articles about the New York bail reform and its impact on crime.  On this episode of The Bail Post we evaluate the reforms and their impact on recidivism.  The biggest take away from this episode is that the politicians stated that they were willing to have more crime to address their political agenda.  Four years later, we can say that they got exactly that.  Crime is up 40% since before the reforms were enacted and defendants with a prior arrest are committing new crimes at record numbers.