Less than two months before New York’s new law eliminating cash bail for nonviolent and low-level charges is set to take effect, counties outside New York City are still trying to figure out how they’ll comply with the measure without any additional funding. 

They’re asking the state to set aside money next year so they can provide the pretrial services required in the law for defendants who will no longer be held in jail before trial. 

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