Bratton: NY's Crime Problem Began in Albany with Criminal Justice Reforms, Now They're Trying to Fix It 'After the Fact'

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room," former Police Commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Bill Bratton blamed the "well-intended, but incredibly flawed criminal justice reform set of initiatives" passed at the state level in New York for the state's crime issues and argued that while he thinks New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) announced initiative on crime is a good first step, more will need to be done and "Police are the essential element in any plan trying to deal with this."