NEW YORK - A new Siena College poll finds that most New Yorkers now think the new bail reform law is bad for the state.
Forty-nine percent of voters say the new law eliminating monetary bail for people facing misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges is bad for New York.
That's a sharp contrast to just last April, shortly after the law was passed.
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Fifty-five percent of voters back then thought the law would be good for New York.
The poll also finds that at least two-thirds of voters are in support of 11 of Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State proposals.
Cuomo also saw a significant bump in his favorability and job performance since November.
The governor's favorability is at 49 percent, up from 44 percent.
Job performance also went up 15 points to 41 percent--significantly higher than last year when it was at 35 in November.
The Siena College poll was conducted between January 11th and 16th.
It has an overall margin of error of 4.1 percentage points.