As the state budget talks entered their second week on Feb. 13, New York Democratic Sen. James Skoufis told The Epoch Times that his priorities included further bail reform, income tax cuts for the middle and working class, and fighting against the proposed payroll mobility tax raise. 
Skoufis represents the 42nd Senate district, which encompasses almost all of Orange County except for Montgomery and Newburgh. 
He supports Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to further roll back bail reform by removing the “least restrictive conditions” standard, which requires that judges set the least restrictive conditions at bail hearings to reasonably ensure that a defendant returns to court….