It was in out of different meetings for the mayor on Monday afternoon as he met with the governor, legislative leaders, and other lawmakers at the Capitol.

Gov. Hochul wants new changes to the state’s bail law to give judges more discretion. Adams is largely aligned with her, but insists the issue is bigger than bail.

“Criminal justice reform is not just bail. Everyone likes that bumper sticker of bail,” Adams told reporters at the State Capitol. “We need criminal justice reform that’s going to include money for prosecutors, for defense attorneys. We need to un-bottleneck our system.”

What You Need To Know

  • Adams met with Gov. Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders at the Capitol

  • He wants a change to criminal justice laws, but maintains its more than just bail tweaks the governor is seeking

  • The state budget deadline is Saturday

Sources say that while bail changes are being resisted by lawmakers, Adams is also seeking tweaks to discovery reform in trials, which legislators do not seem eager to change.

“The differences of opinion are widely known at this point,” Democratic Deputy State Senate Majority Leader Michael Gianaris of Queens said. “The governor has her ideas about how to move this forward. We are talking about it as a conference. We are always open to making changes that is supported by the data. We will see in the next week how that unfolds.”

Another big issue for the mayor is Hochul’s plan to hit the city with a recurring $500 million yearly contribution to the MTA.

“Half a billion dollars is just something that we cannot take on at this time,” Adams said. “And both houses heard us. In their one house proposals they came up with counter-proposals and now it’s time for he deliberation process.

Adams says the city also needs significant financial support from the state to deal with the migrant crisis.

Hochul proposed a billion dollars, but the mayor says the actual price tag is more than $4 billion.