ALBANY — In the second full year of bail reform in New York, new data shows, the number of criminal defendants who are rearrested after being released remains relatively low — 1 out of 6 — and has ticked downward. It also indicates that judges set bail in fewer than half the cases in which bail was clearly an option. Those are just some of the takeaways from updated reports from two state agencies, the Office of Court Administration and the Division of Criminal Justice Services. The offices have been compiling data since New York lawmakers first overhauled the bail law in 2019 and amended it further, in 2020 and this year.

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