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Jul
ALBANY -- Following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s creation of a new state council to recommend measures to improve the state’s criminal justice system, local advocates and stakeholders are criticizing the move as a political stunt that will bring no real reform. Last week, Hochul announced the creation of the state Council on Community Justice, which her office described as an advisory group of state and local stakeholders that will “recommend measures to further improve the effectiveness and fairness of the state’s criminal justice system.” In the release, it noted the council also met for the first time in New York City on…