SECURE OUR STREETS

PUBLIC SAFETY

• Repeal Cashless Bail and Less is More Act
• Remove District Attorneys who don’t enforce the law
• Amend Raise the Age to give judges more discretion in Adolescent Offender cases
• Give judges discretion when setting bail
• Increase penalties on looting businesses
• Enact a Law Enforcement Bill of Rights
• Hire additional police officers statewide
• Oppose any effort to Defund the Police
• Keep qualified immunity

CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

• Set prison populations based on crimes committed instead of political calculations
• Repurpose closed correctional facilities rather than leave them abandoned, unused, and deteriorating
• Repeal the HALT Solitary Confinement Act
• Provide economic assistance to communities affected by closures
• Hire more correctional officers and improve the ratio to inmates
• Appoint a New NYS DOCCS Commissioner
• Commission a violence study in New York State prisons that would also identify additional recommended improvements 

VICTIMS

• Overhaul the Board of Parole/Parole Hearing process
• Require unanimous decisions by Parole Commissioners when granting parole
• Replace members of the Parole Board who have expressed poor judgment
• Require consideration of 3rd party testimony from victims and victims’ families
• Enhance notification of Parole Board hearings
• Establish a process for victims and victims’ families to appeal parole decisions
• Require Composition of Board of Parole Commissioners to be fairly structured, including victims advocates and law enforcement