Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed two bills Friday, widely supported by criminal defense attorneys in New York that would have expanded the operations of charitable bail organizations and given public defenders easier access to their clients’ rap sheets.

In separate messages with each veto, Cuomo wrote that the bills are unnecessary given a sweeping set of changes approved this year to the state’s criminal justice laws. Those laws will eliminate cash bail for most nonviolent and low-level charges, and take effect next month.

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