New Bail Reform & Sanctuary City Laws Continue to Unnerve NYers

By: Wayne Numanstein

A bank robber who was arrested in connection to four robberies on January 9th, was let go without bail and was free to rob two more banks, before turning himself in. 

A 21-year-old illegal immigrant who was released from prison late last year after attacking his father went on to brutally rape and murder a 92-year-old woman in Queens after being released from prison because of de Blasio’s “sanctuary city” policies.

These are 2 of the latest examples of how New York state and NYC’s lax laws on criminals and “undocumented” people are making NY more dangerous by the minute. 

The N.Y Post reported: “Under the new bail reforms, which took hold Jan. 1, Gerod Woodberry, 42, is considered a non-violent defendant because he allegedly used notes to demand dough from banks in Brooklyn and Manhattan. State law forbids judges from setting any bail for him under the new law”

After the suspect turned himself in to the Manhattan Criminal Court building last Friday, federal prosecutors had to take over the case, in order to prevent him from being released from jail once more without bail. 

“No sound, rational and fair criminal justice system requires the pre-trial release of criminal defendants who demonstrate such determination to continuously commit serious crimes,” Brooklyn US Attorney Richard Donoghue said in announcing the criminal complaint against him and calling the spree “unprecedented”, the N.Y Post reported. 

The suspect himself was amazed that he was initially released from prison. “I can’t believe they let me out,” sources told the Post, after he was released from jail in early January after the first slew or bank robberies. 

The combination of the new bail reform laws and de Blasio’s “sanctuary city” policies have made New York City a very crime friendly city and the entire state powerless to stop crime in general.

Reeaz Khan was previously arrested for assaulting his father in November of 2019 but was released almost instantly because of his “undocumented” citizenship status. 

Khan then went on to violently rape a 92-year-old woman on the streets of Queens, resulting in her death. 

In a statement issued by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement last  Tuesday, officials said Mr. Khan was “an unlawfully present Guyanese national” who had been released “due to New York City’s sanctuary policies”, the N.Y Times reported. 

ICE officials said they had issued what is known as a detainer in November requesting that law enforcement turn over Mr. Khan for possible deportation after he was arrested and charged with attacking his father with a broken coffee cup.

The New York City Police Department disputed the claim on Tuesday, saying that it “did not receive an ICE detainer in regard to this individual” after he had been arrested on Nov. 27, said Sgt. Mary Frances O’Donnell, a department spokeswoman.

On Wednesday, ICE released a copy of the fax transmission form appended to the detainer, which was dated Nov. 27.

It would appear that local police are literally ignoring ICE detainers, due to the bleeding-heart leftist policies of Bill de Blasio.

Thomas Decker, field office director for ICE’s enforcement and removal operations, said in the statement issued on Tuesday: “It was a deadly choice to release a man on an active ICE detainer back onto the streets”, the NY Times reported 

He added: “New York City’s sanctuary policies continue to threaten the safety of all residents of the five boroughs.”