Hochul, NYC DAs take victory lap on discovery laws that led to slew of criminal dismissals

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Hochul, NYC DAs take victory lap on discovery laws that led to slew of criminal dismissals

It’s a brand new discovery.Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City’s five district attorneys ran a victory lap Wednesday on a revamp to the state’s discovery laws included in a sprawling budget bill.The changes will prevent criminal cases from being thrown out over trivial mistakes and narrow how much evidence prosecutors must turn over to defense attorneys.Hochul, speaking alongside the district attorneys at Manhattan’s state courthouse, had refused to budge on the issue — which caused a weeks-long impasse on the overall mammoth budget deal.“I said all along I would hold up a $250 billion budget on this issue,” she ..