Negotiations over the budget, which was due April 1, are ongoing, and the governor’s discovery rollbacks have been one of the biggest sticking points. | Photos: Ruben Diaz Jr. / Flickr; ftwitty / Getty Images | Illustration: Leor Stylar
A New York City district attorney gave inaccurate testimony about one of the state’s most contentious political issues during a February legislative hearing, according to court documents recently reviewed by New York Focus.
Bronx DA Darcel Clark was testifying about discovery law, which governs the process by which prosecutors and defense attorneys share evidence with each other ahead of criminal trials. Governor Kathy Hochul proposed changes to the law in January that would water down some aspects of New York’s 2019 criminal justice reforms…