Nassau arrests fairly stable while crime surges across the state
Arrests in Nassau over the first three months of this year are down somewhat compared to the same period last year but are slightly higher than than the last quarter of 2021. In other words, arrests seem stable in Nassau even as crime surges throughout New York. In New York City, for example, major crimes increased 58 percent in February over the same month last year and 30 percent in March. Nassau's first quarter bail reform crime report indicates that more than 80 percent of suspects arrested (mostly on larceny and controlled substance abuse charges) were released without bail -- about the same percentage released since bail reform took effect two years ago. But rearrests are down for those released without bail. While an average 11 percent were arrested again after being released without bail in 2020 and 2021, during the first three months of this year only 5.6 percent were picked up again. It's