NYPD Commissioner Slams State’s Bail Reform Laws That Create “Revolving Door” for Offenders

"New York state law enacted in 2020 rendered our criminal justice system a high-speed revolving door, putting violent offenders back on our streets over and over again," Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Wednesday.

by Staff

February 27, 2025

The head of the NYPD has railed against the state’s progressive bail reforms laws, which she said have led to a "revolving door" system where repeat offenders are released back onto the streets before police can even finish paperwork for the perps.

NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that while overall crime in the city has plummeted over the last three months, serial violent offenders are still wreaking havoc on innocent New Yorkers due to a recidivism problem – and she singled out the case of one subject with dozens of past arrests who attempted to rape a woman on a train last week as a prime example of the law making the city more dangerous, Fox reports.

"New York state law enacted in 2020 rendered our criminal justice system a high-speed revolving door, putting violent offenders back on our streets over and over again," Tisch said on Wednesday at a breakfast for the Association for a Better New York, a non-profit group which aims to improve the economic and social conditions of residents.

"As the mayor and I have said, your cops are out there doing their jobs, and in 2024, they made the most felony arrests in 26 years. But before they can even finish that paperwork, they are immediately returned to the neighborhood and the people that they just victimized."

"It's demoralizing. It's unsustainable, and it defies common sense."

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