City Hall expanded supervised release to create an alternative to Rikers Island and ensure defendants show up for trial. The number being rearrested far exceeds projections.
High-flight-risk criminal defendants are being rearrested on felony charges at a much higher rate than city officials projected after being freed without bail under an alternative-to-jail program, newly released state stats show.
Under criminal justice reforms that went into effect in 2020, judges can no longer impose monetary bail against defendants for a vast array of charges. As before, they also cannot factor in whether a defendant is a potential danger to the community.
But for defendants judges consider prone to blow off returning to court, supervised release allows them to be freed pending trial without putting up bail. Instead, they are monitored by social workers to ensure they return to court.
Starting with these programs’ launch in 2016, city officials have insisted that only a small number of supervised release participants were being rearrested on felony charges while on release.
A November 2019 announcement of the program’s expansion by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) estimated that only 8% had been rearrested for felonies.
But the numbers began to slide: MOCJ listed that rate as 9% in 2018, 10% in 2019, and 13% in 2020, according to annual scorecards on the program the office later released.
But an analysis by THE CITY of data compiled by the state Office of Court Administration and the state Division of Criminal Justice Services reveals a much higher rate more recently: 28% of those freed on supervised release were re-arrested on felony charges from January 2020 through June 2021.
And the data show that participants in supervised release are re-arrested at an even higher rate when misdemeanor rearrests are factored in: 50%.
In all, one out of every two individuals placed in the supervised release program from Jan. 1, 2020 through June 2021 was rearrested after being freed.
That includes 8% rearrested for violent felonies — nearly twice the 5% rate for those released without any restrictions on their own recognizance, according to the data.
Elizabeth Glazer, MOCJ’s former director, was heavily involved in the formation and then expansion of supervised release. Speaking with THE CITY, she acknowledged that the program “was designed for a higher risk population.”
Glazer contends that supervised release defendants are similar to defendants for whom bail is set, estimating that re-arrest rates for both are similar.
It pains me to say “I told you so” to all of those who supported soft on crime leftist policy. Thanks Tiffany Caban and thanks new Manhattan DA for being an advocate for criminals and not the law abiding citizens that suffer at their reign of terror.
Wish they described what the Bail Reform Release Program Participants Rearrested wore at the time of rearrests so the public knows who to look out for.
Let’s be honest–NYC politicians have always had a soft spot for criminals. They care more about the criminals than the victims, and they’ll sell the NYPD down the river in a heartbeat. Not sure how sustainable these policies are, especially when productive people have options and are less tied to major urban areas. Young ideologues will support these policies until they are personally affected.
“People get the government they deserve “, “You reap what you sow”, “… paved with good intentions”. I left NYC and am happy where I am. Still rent out my place in Sunnyside. Why do people continue to vote for their own….
His brother’s previous work was as a parking assistant manager in Virginia. Naturally, that makes him fully qualified as the deputy NYPD commissioner. Yeah, no corruption here.
In general, New Yorkers aren’t usually satisfied with much of anything. We know there’s always room for improvement, and we’re not as complacent as other places. You voted for this now watch it all play out.
The numbers don’t lie, when a soft on crime DAs and other political leaders is in place, crime tends to rise. See San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia as recent examples. Now, I know they would love to see NYC turn into Chicago and claim it’s “normal and crime happens”, but most of us don’t want that!!
The business community is making their voices known to the city because like everyone else with a brain knows, nothing good will come out of this decriminalization movement. The only ones benefiting are the criminals while everyone else has to suffer along needlessly, while the Left goes through with their social justice experiments. Braggs like many progressive Leftists are determined so he will not back out.
wow, what a shock! You mean criminals keep doing criminal stuff? Brought to you by Cuomo, DeBlasio and the other liberal miscreants who hate crime victims
well, of course. the liberals will always pass laws to protect themselves from their criminal activities. why do you think cuomo had all charges dropped against him?
The Data does not lie. Now to stick it under the noses of all the liberal democrats & maybe they will acknowledge their mistake with bail reform. I think its time victims of crime, when it has been determined that the perpetrator has multi felonies and is out because of bail reform then they should be allowed to take civil action against City Council members and the the state assembly that vote in such ridiculous laws
Let me clarify, both parties have failed “pet projects “ Far left Democrats own bail reform and Republicans own Right to work legislation and other low wage policies that have kept Republican strongholds in poverty like Alabama , Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi and so on. Republicans also favor forcing their religious views on the secular.
Do you mean neighborhoods like Cambria Heights, Hollis, Laurelton, Saint Albans, Rosedale, Bellaire and Springfield Gardens. They’re all beautiful safe middle class neighborhoods of color. Since you like quoting the Former Governor of Alaska so much ask her why Alaska is in the top five states for murder and violent crime rates and New York isn’t. You probably need to turnoff Fox Entertainment and get out more.
Several passengers on board a Queens bus were injured when the driver suffered a medical episode and lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a number of parked vehicles, authorities said.
A Brooklyn man was criminally charged with staging a car crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale last month that was captured on the dashboard camera in the victim’s car and went viral on social media after it was posted on TikTok, where it was viewed by millions worldwide.
Maikel Martinez, 28, of 14th Avenue in Dyker Heights, was apprehended by law enforcement Thursday at JFK Airport after arriving back in Queens on a flight from Ecuador, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday.
A stranger attacked a 70-year-old man working at a convenience around the corner from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 5.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng formally presented a historic $1.6 million federal grant to the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) New York to fund the development of a multicultural community center in Little Manila.
The New York-based development and construction management firm New Empire Corp. announced the launch of sales at Centric, a new luxury condominium in Woodside, on Thursday, Oct. 31.
Bishop Robert Brennan, head of the Diocese of Brooklyn, led All Souls Day Mass on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Mount St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing, drawing a congregation of 450 to honor their deceased loved ones. The event, organized by the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Catholic Cemeteries office, brought together members of the community in prayerful remembrance.
It pains me to say “I told you so” to all of those who supported soft on crime leftist policy. Thanks Tiffany Caban and thanks new Manhattan DA for being an advocate for criminals and not the law abiding citizens that suffer at their reign of terror.
It’s the David Dinkins Soft on Crime II era.
That lasted 4 years. It’s been 8 years and counting now…
Wish they described what the Bail Reform Release Program Participants Rearrested wore at the time of rearrests so the public knows who to look out for.
Let’s be honest–NYC politicians have always had a soft spot for criminals. They care more about the criminals than the victims, and they’ll sell the NYPD down the river in a heartbeat. Not sure how sustainable these policies are, especially when productive people have options and are less tied to major urban areas. Young ideologues will support these policies until they are personally affected.
“People get the government they deserve “, “You reap what you sow”, “… paved with good intentions”. I left NYC and am happy where I am. Still rent out my place in Sunnyside. Why do people continue to vote for their own….
Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended choosing his brother to serve as a deputy NYPD commissioner, saying he needs someone he can trust to protect him — including from potential threats by white supremacists.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-brother-nepotism
His brother’s previous work was as a parking assistant manager in Virginia. Naturally, that makes him fully qualified as the deputy NYPD commissioner. Yeah, no corruption here.
Such Nonsense.
In general, New Yorkers aren’t usually satisfied with much of anything. We know there’s always room for improvement, and we’re not as complacent as other places. You voted for this now watch it all play out.
Without crime a lot of these criminals would be ‘unemployed.’
The numbers don’t lie, when a soft on crime DAs and other political leaders is in place, crime tends to rise. See San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia as recent examples. Now, I know they would love to see NYC turn into Chicago and claim it’s “normal and crime happens”, but most of us don’t want that!!
Crime has always occurred regardless of the legislature in place.
thanks for turning a blind eye.
The business community is making their voices known to the city because like everyone else with a brain knows, nothing good will come out of this decriminalization movement. The only ones benefiting are the criminals while everyone else has to suffer along needlessly, while the Left goes through with their social justice experiments. Braggs like many progressive Leftists are determined so he will not back out.
If 50% are rearrested what do you think the reoffend number is? 90%, 95%, 100%.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!
wow, what a shock! You mean criminals keep doing criminal stuff? Brought to you by Cuomo, DeBlasio and the other liberal miscreants who hate crime victims
well, of course. the liberals will always pass laws to protect themselves from their criminal activities. why do you think cuomo had all charges dropped against him?
…including Lil Wayne and Steve Bannon. Probably because they were so innocent right? How gullible.
The Data does not lie. Now to stick it under the noses of all the liberal democrats & maybe they will acknowledge their mistake with bail reform. I think its time victims of crime, when it has been determined that the perpetrator has multi felonies and is out because of bail reform then they should be allowed to take civil action against City Council members and the the state assembly that vote in such ridiculous laws
Let me clarify, both parties have failed “pet projects “ Far left Democrats own bail reform and Republicans own Right to work legislation and other low wage policies that have kept Republican strongholds in poverty like Alabama , Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi and so on. Republicans also favor forcing their religious views on the secular.
Have you visited any neighborhood of color lately? how is that hopey changey policy thing working out for them that they democrats keep pushing.
Do you mean neighborhoods like Cambria Heights, Hollis, Laurelton, Saint Albans, Rosedale, Bellaire and Springfield Gardens. They’re all beautiful safe middle class neighborhoods of color. Since you like quoting the Former Governor of Alaska so much ask her why Alaska is in the top five states for murder and violent crime rates and New York isn’t. You probably need to turnoff Fox Entertainment and get out more.
Um, you sound racist.
i do so what