After a recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals allowed low-level defendants in New York City at risk of deportation to be granted a jury trial, a new bill in the state Legislature would extend the same opportunity to residents of the city regardless of immigration status.

The bill, introduced by State Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, would remove a part of state law that denies defendants in New York City the option for a trial by jury if the crime they’re charged with carries a maximum sentence of less than six months in jail.

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