Exclusive | NY GOP-sponsored bill would give $10M in grants to take down repeat offenders

New York Republicans floated a bill Wednesday to hand out $10 million per year in federal grants to states and localities to target repeat offenders, according to a draft exclusively obtained by The Post.The Empire State GOP delegation introduced the SERVE Our Communities Act to incentivize the jurisdictions between fiscal years 2026 and 2031 “to prioritize law enforcement and public safety” by repealing “misguided” bail policies and other “harmful” effects of criminal justice reform.“We must end the ongoing cycle of crime caused by Albany’s bail reform policies, which prioritize criminals over law-abiding New Yorkers,” Rep.Claudia Tenney, the lead co-sponsor, told The Post.“I am honored to lead my New York Republican colleagues in introducing this legislation, which works to support our law enforcement officers and enhances public safety.”Repeat offenders have dogged New York City and other jurisdictions run by progressive prosecutors, many of whom seek to eliminate bail and downgrade an array of charges.Nearly 1 in 5 criminals (19.1%) reoffend, per statistics shared this year by the New York Department of Corrections, and New York is in the minority of US states where judges are not been able to take into account the danger of defendants when determining bail.Two days into the new year, a woman was charged with stabbing a postal worker to death for cutting her in line at a Harlem deli.

She’d had a history of knife violence — and been arrested at least five times before.The House bill authorizes the DOJ block grants only for states and localities that allow judges “to consider the danger an individual poses to the community when determining bail or pretrial release conditions.”Eligible jurisdictions must also hire and retain more cops and prosecutors and run public education programs to crack down on “anti-police sentiment and improve community-police relations,” which have deteriorated since the killing of George Floyd led to nat...