Let’s do whatever you do.
Governor Kathy Hochul acknowledged Wednesday that legislators had Reached an advance In negotiations to renew the laws of discovery of the State, as she insisted that she did not count as an “agreement.”
Governor Insead opted for unstable jargon, describing the end of a budget stagnation revealed the previous day by the carl Hheastie (D-Bronx) assembly as a “conceptual agreement” different from an agreement made.
“I think we are very, very close to Bee and maybe, today it will be the day we say:” The pens are low, “said Hochul Duration a press conference.
Hochul plans to meet with the leader of the majority of the Senate and the leader of the majority of the Senate, Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) on Wednesday night.
An agreement, or an agreement with another name, will probably clear a large logjam to approve the proposed mass budget of $ 252 in New York, which has been a hero during the week for Hochul refuses to move In your policy asks, especially changes in discovery
Hochul was not to express his support for the plan created by Albany Democrats and approved by the five District Prosecutors of New York City.
But the rumors swirled around Albany after the agreement was announced on Tuesday that was falling apart, which led Heastie to clear the air.
“Everything is still very conceptual. The staff is going and coming in the writing,” Heastie told The Post.
While Hochul said there is no agreement at Discovery, last year he presented the state budget agreement to call it “parameters of a conceptual agreement”, almost at the same term, the Brooklyn district prosecutor, Eric González, used to Descillo.
Changing the discovery laws was one of Hochul’s great priorities in budgetary conversations with state legislators, together with facilitating the involuntary commission of people with mental illnesses, a couple of policy presentations that grew from public security concerns in the large apple.
The DAS of the city, including the District Prosecutor of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, argued that the 2019 state’s discovery reforms led to an increase in the dismissals of criminal cases based on technicalities in trivial.
Hochul He supported his proposal To adjust the laws, reduce the scope of the evidence that prosecutors must deliver to defense lawyers and establish a time limit of 35 days to challenge violations.
However, critics such as the legal aid society pushed legislators to stand firm against the changes, which states that they would give prosecutors too much power. They also argued that the increase in dismissals is largely seen in New York City and derives from the New York Police that cannot share evidence with prosecutors.
Despite the rejection, Hheastie said Tuesday that Deny had reached a “frame” on the changes of discovery.
THE TREATMENT:
- They require prosecutors to simply activate the “relevant” evidence to charges, reducing it from “related” evidence to the case,
- Clarify that judges should only dismiss cases in which prosecutors did not exercise “due diligence”,
- They require that defense lawyers present discovery challenges within 35 days after the certification of prosecutors that certify the court that have submitted evidence.
Three of New York City District Prosecutors, González, Bragg and Michael McMahon on the island of State, flanked Hochul making their press conference, which was part of a tour by pressing for discovery changes.
González said that the legislative teams of the DAS and Hheastie and Stewart-Cousin offices were elaborating the real language for the changes.
“All matters in a statute, because a word is disabled or a standard is off, changes all interpretation,” he said.
“We want to make sure that the language is clear that the judges will have discretion to independently and individually review each case, and that a judge would not feel that he has to dismiss a case because a document is missing.”
