Mayor Eric Adams celebrated significant policy victories within New York's $254 billion state budget deal announced by Governor Kathy Hochul. The tentative agreement includes critical reforms to the state's discovery laws aimed at ensuring that technicalities do not allow dangerous criminals to evade justice. Additionally, it proposes measures for improving the involuntary hospitalization process for individuals suffering from severe mental illness. These developments align with Adams' priorities for public safety and mental health care enhancement, pending final approval by the state legislature.
I vowed to make common-sense changes to our discovery laws to keep dangerous criminals from walking free over frivolous technical errors, Hochul told reporters.
We are pleased with the promising announcements laid out by Governor Hochul today and look forward to hearing more details and reviewing the final budget language once it is approved by the Legislature.
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