Plea to reform ‘reforms’

A key plank of lefty-led criminal-justice reforms has made New Yorkers less safe by leading to dropped charges against accused criminals from Montauk to Buffalo because prosecutors are being buried in paperwork demands that cannot be met.

Prosecutors detailed the law-and-order nightmare at a legislative budget hearing in Albany, revealing how socalled discovery reform is eroding local systems of justice.

“I cannot stress the importance of funding for additional staff, staff training, updated technology and cloud storage, as well as other costs related to the overhaul of New York state’s discovery laws,” J. Anthony Jordan, president of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, testified to lawmakers Tuesday.

“The number of documents and the amount of electronic discovery could be 20 to 30 times greater than it was in 2019,” he warned.

Jordan’s testimony adds to growing pressure on Albany Democrats to overhaul the 2019 discovery reforms as well as controversial bail limits through the state budget due April 1.