Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

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Public Defenders Allege NYPD Is Inventing A Crime Spike To Kill Bail Reform – Gothamist

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Public Defenders Allege NYPD Is Inventing A Crime Spike To Kill Bail Reform – Gothamist

Defense attorneys, meanwhile, say the reported increase in street crimes doesn't hold up to statistical scrutiny. In a joint statement, the city's public defender services noted that, even as grand theft auto complaints have skyrocketed more than 60 percent, their collective caseloads with that charge have actually decreased 9 percent.

 

"The only way to reconcile this is to conclude that the NYPD's repeated claims of rising crime are a story of their own making," read a statement, attributed to Legal Aid Society, Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defenders, NY County Defender Services and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem.

"It's clear proof that the NYPD has been up-charging, and that when these cases make it to a district attorney, prosecutors reject the charges that the NYPD are touting because they know they cannot stand up to even the most cursory legal scrutiny."