24-year-old violent migrant Alexander Ayala, who was released even after attacking New York police officers last year, was recently rearrested and again allowed to roam free on supervised bail.
Ayala was among a group of migrants who attacked NYPD cops who were supposed to stop the fight between two migrant groups in the Roosevelt Hotel, which provides shelter facilities to a large number of homeless immigrants.
He was later slapped with obstruction and assault charges just to find a way to get out of jail under supervised release even though prosecutors wanted the court to impose cash bail, insurance bond, and a partially-secured surety bond totaling $80,000 on him.
The supervised release did little to quell Ayala’s criminal ambitions, as he was recently arrested for possessing stolen property and identity theft after allegedly committing a robbery on August 12.
Now, Ayala has already been released on his own recognizance by a Manhattan court. In the robbery incident, Ayala stole a woman’s credit card and her cellphone and later used that card for different purchases.
The charges against him were not bailable, but the judge ordered him to be released on his own recognizance at the request of the Manhattan DA.
Ayala is not the only criminal who is roaming free after attacking law enforcement officers, as New York’s lenient criminal policies have also enabled other such criminals to enjoy freedom.
Yohenry Brito, also a migrant, was a part of a separate group that assaulted two police officers near the New York Times Square earlier this year. Later, a Sanctuary church paid his $15,000 bail to get him released, but he was arrested once again for his involvement in serial theft activities.
New York’s pro-crime policies are coded in the law, the most blatant example of which is the state’s “Less is More” law passed in 2021 with the effort of Governor Kathy Hochul, who assumed the office after the resignation of former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo.
This law seeks to minimize the prison population by releasing them into society. It favors parolees and reduces their chances of getting caught again for “technical parole violations” that were previously used to end the parole of these criminals.
Republican state senators from New York, including Anthony Palumbo and Patricia Canzoneri- Fitzpatrick, have slammed Democrats for these soft-on-crime policies, stating that these laws expose hardworking New Yorkers to dangerous and repeated criminals who manage to find their ways out of jail.
