Outlined in the FY2026 Executive Budget proposal, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing to "streamline" Discovery Laws.

The governor's agenda calls for: "Temporarily surging patrol levels" on subway platforms and trains; Working with New York City to add police patrols on every overnight train for the next six ...

Gov. Hochul is rallying behind Big Apple district attorneys’ push to change the state’s evidence laws — by ending a ...

NEW YORK (WABC ... he applauded the governor for her efforts. "I love the concept. Former transit police officer, I used to be a transit cop. We used to do TPF, tactical patrol force.

A New York legal loophole makes it hard to prosecute impaired drivers without identifying the specific drug used, hindering ...

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assembly Member Micah Lasher introduced a bill to help prosecutors comply with the law, while ...

N.Y. Mike Groll/Office of the New York Governor via AP The move comes even as New York Police Department statistics show that crime in the transit system has plummeted 36% from this time last year.

They Did It Anyway The New York City Police Department will place an officer on every overnight subway train in the city for the next six months, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday as part of ...

Like the very messy bail reform bill passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the overhaul of the state’s discovery laws, also demands refinement. Gov. Hochul ...