Less than a month before New York’s new laws on cash bail, criminal discovery and the right to a speedy trial are set to take effect, the leader of the state Assembly said Wednesday that the Legislature is unlikely to heed calls from law enforcement to delay their implementation.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, told reporters at the state capitol in Albany that moving the start date of those laws would be antithetical to the intent of the changes.

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