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| House passes pair of bills repealing cashless bail, laws limiting cops ability to crack down on crime in DC |
| 2025-11-20 |
| [NYPOST] The House passed a pair of bills Wednesday repealing cashless bail in DC and much of a law passed by the city's council in 2022 that limited cops' use of force — including banning chokeholds — and their ability to collectively negotiate disciplinary actions against them. The first measure, introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), would mandate pretrial and post-conviction detention for dangerous or violent crimes and require mandatory cash bail for offenders who pose a threat to public safety in the nation's capital — and it passed in a 237-179 vote. The other piece of legislation doing away with the DC Council's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 sailed through the House in a 233-190 vote. Stefanik described her bill as a ''precursor'' to an effort aimed at scrapping New York's ''failed bail reform.'' ''New Yorkers know that Kathy Hochul's failed bail reform has unleashed a crime wave across our state by emboldening violent criminals and putting law-abiding New Yorkers in harm's way,'' Stefanik told The Post. ''Kathy Hochul's failed bail reform has literally caused murders, assaults, rapes, and heinous crimes to be committed against law-abiding New Yorkers.'' ''Today I proudly voted to end cashless bail in DC, which Congress has jurisdiction over, and this is a precursor to next month when Congress will pass my bill to end New York's failed bail reform,'' she added. ''Kathy Hochul is incapable of making New York safe, so I will come over the top of her and pass this in Congress.'' Republicans rallied behind Stefanik's bill, but Democrats claimed DC's current rules for pretrial release largely matched federal law, making the measure needless. |
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