Melissa Mark-Viverito Vows to Create a Bail Fund With or Without the Mayor Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said today she'd set up a bail fund with or without Mayor Bill de Blasio. By Jillian Jorgensen
New York State’s Top Judge: Bail System ‘Totally Ass-Backwards in Every Respect’ After the death of Kalief Browder, public officials including Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman are calling for a reform of the state's bail system. By Jillian Jorgensen