A 21-year-old mother has been arrested for allegedly ditching her newborn baby daughter in a Yonkers apartment building hallway — only to be cut loose because of New York’s bail reform laws, police said.
Jaqueline Perez, of Yonkers, was charged Thursday with one count of abandonment of a child.
The Yonkers Police Department pointed out in a statement that “due to laws restricting bail,” the felony charge against the mom was ineligible for bail.
Perez was arraigned in Yonkers Criminal Court and released on her own recognizance, according to the police.
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Perez’s baby was discovered by neighbors on the first floor of an apartment building on Chestnut Street Tuesday evening.
The hours-old infant had been wrapped in a blanket and was left alone on the cold floor near the entryway.
Her umbilical cord was still attached, with a black string wrapped around it, according to the cops.
