Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his tenth State of the State address that received praise and some criticism from the borough’s state legislators covering Norwood.

Among Cuomo’s proposals include expanding its tuition-free state college program to families make $150,000 or less, categorizing hate crimes a type of domestic terrorism, and legalizing marijuana, a measure that received intense pushback from critics in the last session. Cuomo also reaffirmed his commitment to revitalizing Hunts Point and seeing the installation of four Metro-North stations to the Bronx.

But the Governor stood silent on the issue of bail reform for misdemeanor and nonviolent felonies, where a string of anti-Semitic attacks recently has prompted stakeholders to lobby Cuomo into tweaking portions of the bill, allowing judges to regain discretion over who should receive bail and who shouldn’t.

State Sen. Jamaal Bailey, chair of the Codes Committee, which pushed for bail reform, told the Norwood News that a tweak should not be on the table, citing the fact the law that eliminated cash bail is relatively new.

“The law is nine days old and we should allow the law to be able to do the work that it can,” said Bailey, adding that restoring a judges’ discretion to mandate bail for individual cases is not a solution.

“I am extremely concerned about any type of ‘dangerousness’ assessment be included in bail, simply because ‘dangerousness’ is often a proxy for inherent racial bias,” said Bailey.

Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, whose district covers Norwood, thought it premature for Cuomo to consider any revisions to the law, adding that scare tactics are driving a push for reconsiderations.

“I do think that the fear mongering is a little excessive because the rich people that are doing half of the same crimes are walking out scot-free and it’s only the poor people that are getting the highlights in the news, like, ‘Oh my God, look what they did,” said Fernandez.

Her colleague, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, echoed Bailey and Fernandez, though he was open to some tweaks to the law, particularly when defining violent incidents that can be considered misdemeanors.

“If there’s any clarification that’s needed, it’s with that,” said Dinowitz.

Melissa DeRosa, Secretary to Cuomo, told NY1 Inside City Hall host Errol Louis that conversations around changing aspects of bail reform have “started in earnest” with the Office of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Two of Dinowitz’s bills—one to change the penal code on rape cases and another to install an electric bus fleet in upstate New York–made it to Cuomo’s speech, a point Dinowitz was pleased about.  He also would back a marijuana legalization loophole, but was on the fence on cutting taxes for middle class and small business.

“While that sounds good in theory, I’m having trouble figuring out how you cut taxes when we’re facing a multi-billion-dollar deficit,” said Dinowitz, referring to the $6 billion budget hole the state is facing. “When you have a huge deficit you either have to cut spending and/or raise taxes.”

Cuomo didn’t quite single out New York City to be grossly impacted by a plan to close the budget gap—a move he’s attributed to rising Medicaid costs, which the state has picked the tab on since 2014—but state-funded social service programs in the city have been cut before.

Fernandez sees an increase in the Millionaire Tax, where millionaires are taxed at a rate as high as 8.82 percent, as a way of filling the hole. “These are the top tier who have the money to spend on luxuries and they should now give back,” said Fernandez.

Cuomo signed a bill in April that extended the Millionaire Tax through 2024.

Other revenue builders included a measure by Cuomo to allow movie theater companies to sell alcohol. The proposal was not well received by Dinowitz.

“I don’t need some drunk sitting behind me making noise while I’m watching a movie,” said Dinowitz, laughing.