FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SURVEY: CONTROVERSIAL HARCKHAM NO-CASH-BAIL LAW OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED BY HUDSON VALLEY READERS
Oppose by Margin of 79%- 20%.
Hudson Valley-Sept. 23...Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess County residents overwhelmingly oppose, by a 79-20% margin, State Senator Peter Harckham’s no-cash-bail law, according to just-released survey results from 678 Daily Voice readers, the campaign of former two-term Westchester county executive and state senate candidate Rob Astorino today announced.
Mr. Harckham’s controversial law has been widely cited by law enforcement officials, including judges and three NYPD commissioners, as the underlying cause of the growing crime wave in New York. It allowed the immediate release of those arrested for crimes including: Manslaughter in the second degree; Aggravated vehicular homicide; Criminally negligent homicide; Assault in the third degree; Aggravated vehicular assault; Making a terroristic threat; Criminal possession of a gun on school grounds; criminal possession of a firearm; Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor; Arson in the third and fourth degree; Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third and fourth degree; Promoting or possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child; Aggravated cruelty to animals, overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, animal fighting; Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree; Coercion in the first degree; Grand larceny in the first degree; Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and second degree; Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degree, or near/on school grounds; Specified felony drug offenses involving the use of children, including the use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense and criminal sale ofa controlled substance to a child; Criminal solicitation in the first degree and criminal facilitation in the first degree; Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone; Failure to register as a sex offender; Obstructing governmental administration in the first and second degree, or by means of a self-defense spray device; Bribery and bribe receiving in the first degree, bribe giving for public office; Promoting prison contraband in the first and second degree; Resisting arrest; Hindering prosecution; Tampering with a juror and tampering with physical evidence; Aggravated harassment in the first degree; Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree; Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and Enterprise corruption and money laundering in the first degree.
“The Harckham no-cash-bail law is directly responsible for New York’s crime wave, and Hudson Valley families clearly understand that,” Mr. Astorino said. “Mr. Harckham’s bill demonstrates a serious, indeed dangerous, lapse of judgement, and the public is paying for it. No-cash-bail must be repealed for the security of our communities, and I will champion the effort to overturn it in the Senate.”
The no-cash-bail survey, sponsored by Friends of Rob Astorino, last week asked Daily Voice readers in the Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess communities making up the 40th State District:
Rob Astorino wants to repeal State Senator Peter Harckham’s controversial “cashless bail” law that triggered the ongoing crime wave in New York, according to three New York City Police Department (NYPD) police commissioners. Do you?
Agree with Rob Astorino that immediately returning violent criminals to the street without bail is a terrible idea.
Agree with Peter Harckham that cash bail for violent criminals should be abolished.
No opinion
As of today, 532 people agreed with Mr. Astorino, 134 agreed with Mr. Harckham and 12 had no opinion.
No-cash-bail is Mr. Harckham’s signature legislation, and he recently said he is “proud” of his effort.
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