There were more calls Thursday for the state to halt soon-to-be-implemented bail reform laws in New York state, beginning in 2020.

Sheriffs, police chiefs, and prosecutors from across Monroe County and the Finger Lakes region are calling for a delay on new reform laws in the criminal justice system that are set to take effect the first of the year.

The new law will allow most defendants charged with low-level or nonviolent crimes to be released after arraignment, without having to post bail. It's intended to prevent cases where defendants are kept in jail prior to trial.

"Right now, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the Jail are preparing to release between 200 and 250 people in December. We know that leaving incarceration is the second leading cause of homelessness. Whether you believe someone should be in jail right now, the point is they are, and they're getting ready to get out," said Monroe County Undersheriff Kory Brown.

"New York didn't take the lead on this. Other states have done this and done this well. And you haven't seen, ‘the sky is falling,’ in the states that have either implemented bail reform or discovery reform," said Timothy Donaher, of the Monroe County Public Defender's Office.

A spokesman for the governor's office released a statement in part saying:

“We carefully considered the views of law enforcement to ensure we enacted balanced reforms that were long overdue and will bring greater fairness to New York's criminal justice system."