Andrew Yang calls for bail reform law to be changed for hate crimes

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said the state’s new controversial bail reform law desperately needs an update to allow judges to set bail in cases of nonviolent hate crimes.

“Considering the unprecedented and devastating recent spike in hate crimes against Jewish, Muslim and Asian New Yorkers across the city, it’s clear we need to exempt hate crimes from the bail reform measures enacted by the state last year,” Yang told The Post. The mayoral hopeful’s pointed comments come just days after he deflected when asked the same question by a Post reporter at a press conference Monday.