De Blasio wants teens charged with robbery, assault freed without bail
By Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding
May 27, 2019 | 9:54pm | Updated
Mayor Bill de Blasio hopes to “more than triple†the number of teens who are released from city jails with no bail on charges as serious as armed robbery, assault and burglary, The Post has learned.
New guidelines from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice will also “significantly†expand the number of adults eligible for de Blasio’s no-bail Supervised Release Program, according to a memo sent to top city judges this month and obtained by The Post.
The policy changes — which take effect on Saturday — will let defendants between ages 16 and 19 qualify for the program’s Youth Engagement Track, which is now capped at age 17, except in Brooklyn.
https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/de-blasio-wants-over-three-times-more-teen-criminals-freed-without-bail/