"While each borough faces its own unique challenges and voter preferences, in 2025 every borough's DA was united behind a common legislative goal: rolling back recently approved reforms that instituted stricter rules of evidence for prosecutors particularly changes to the state's speedy trial laws that DAs say have led to an increase in dismissals for criminal cases. In this respect, the DAs largely got what they wanted."
"Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state budget would contain a bill that would walk back parts of the state's 2019 discovery laws to prevent case dismissals on what the DAs characterized as technicalities. We're hoping to have proportionality in the range of sanctions that the judge can impose when there's a good faith missing of a deadline, Alvin Bragg told amNewYork Law prior to the bill's passage."
After a spike in shootings years earlier followed by a sharp decline, New York City's district attorneys balanced calls for progressive reform with mandates to combat violent crime. In 2025 all borough DAs united to seek rollbacks of parts of the 2019 discovery law and speedy-trial changes that they say increased case dismissals. Gov. Kathy Hochul included compromise language in the state budget to walk back portions of the discovery rules while preserving judicial discretion over sanctions. The compromise aims to reduce dismissals for technical errors and to allow proportional sanctions when prosecutors miss deadlines in good faith.
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