NY Push To Nix Court Fines, Fees Could Spread Nationwide (Law360)

Law360, October 4, 2020

NY Push To Nix Court Fines, Fees Could Spread Nationwide

The New York City Bar Association urged state lawmakers to end criminal court fees in 2018, calling them a “regressive tax” on people who are also the least able to pay. But the economic fallout from COVID-19 has only intensified the need for reform, experts and advocates say, with low-income people of color facing the most death and job loss during the pandemic.

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