Posted on 11/03/2021 2:16:24 AM PDT by Libloather
A red tide swept over Long Island, with the Republican candidates for district attorney in both Nassau and Suffolk counties winning their races in stunning landslides Tuesday - turning the campaigns into a referendum on New York’s controversial bail reform law.
In Nassau, career local prosecutor Anne Donnelly upset Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, who voted for the 2019 law that eliminated cash bail to defendants accused of many misdemeanor and “non-violent” felony crimes.
Donnelly, who was deputy chief of the Nassau DA’s organized crime and rackets bureau, won 145,766 or 60 percent of the vote to 97,299 votes or 40 percent for Kaminsky - a 20 point blowout.
Kaminsky and Democrats rolled back some of the changes in 2020 following a public backlash and complaints from law enforcement that criminals getting sprung immediately would commit more crimes. The Democrats took action to limit judges’ discretion to set bail after wresting control of the state Senate from Republicans.
Kaminsky voted for bail reform as part of the 2019 state budget. He pushed for amendments to the law a year later to address complaints.
But Donnelly and the GOP successfully used the bail issue as a club against Kaminsky, a rising star in the Democratic Party. The law was pushed so poor defendants who could not afford to pay cash bail would not have to languish in detention pending trial.
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She’s from Westchester, but pretends to be from the Bronx. NYC just elected a scumbag BLM ex-cop. He wants more racist cops so he can make NYC a police state. AOC is fine in her district. They want fascism.
New York FReepers any big results in the Election day?
RE: New York FReepers any big results in the Election day?
Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island both went Republican. It was a huge red wave however you look at it. But then, Suffolk County went for Trump twice.
Any supporters of Bail “Reform” were crushed.
In Nassau County ( where I live ), incumbent county executive Laura Curran TRAILS Republican Bruce Blakeman and if trends continue, she’s in danger of losing ( mail-in ballots are the Democrat’s friend though, so it’s not over yet ).
YES, statewide ballots #1,,2 &4 went down with 61% vote. All 3 were designed to increase fraud in elections and people voted NO. It's UGE.
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