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  Criminal Law Post Covid-19 The practice of criminal law has changed drastically in the last two years in New York due to the state’s enactment of a “no arrest” policy, followed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The experienced attorneys at  Glynn, Mercep & Purcell, LLP  have been keeping up on the effect of this new policy, as well as developments in the Courts caused by the pandemic. Both the no arrest policy and advent of the pandemic has drastically reduced the number of people who even though they are charged with crimes, are arrested. Instead many people were given summonses to go to Court on a future date. Since March 2020 until approximately June 2021, most of those defendants charged with crimes had their cases delayed because the courts were either closed or operating virtually through Microsoft Teams (similar to Zoom). While we at  Glynn, Mercep & Purcell, LLP   have continued to defend our clients who are charged with crimes most vigorously, and hav...