This page includes forms and other information regarding the implementation of the bail reform law, which took effect on January 1, 2020, and has been amended three times since then with multiple State Budgets in 2020, 2022, and 2023 (effective June 2, 2023). The most recent update eliminated the “least restrictive” standard and now required judges to base pretrial conditions on “the kind and degree of control or restriction necessary to reasonably assure the principal’s return to court.” (CPL § 510.10[1]).

If you’d like further assistance with bail reviews and writs, please contact the Backup Center at info@nysda.org, 518-465-3524.

Resource Materials

2023 Bail Changes in Context, New York State Defenders Association (May 2023)

Bail Explainer - Explaining New York’s 2023 Bail Reform Amendments, Data Collaborative for Justice (May 2023)

Bench Card - New York’s Bail Statute: Pretrial Options, Data Collaborative for Justice (May 2023)

ELFA Article VII -- Part VV, Subpart A -- S4006C/A3006C (effective June 2, 2023)

ELFA Article VII – Part UU – S8006C/A9006C (April 2022)

2020 Amendments to Bail Reform Law: L 2020, ch 56, Part UU (effective July 2, 2020) 

Bail Reform Law: Criminal Procedure Law amendments (effective January 1, 2020)