Nick Reisman is reporting for State of Politics district attorneys and their offices throughout New York will soon be subject to a new oversight panel reviewing complaints filed against them. The measure is being cheered by criminal justice advocates, but it continues to be opposed by prosecutors themselves. "Just like any other profession, if someone is engaging in grievous misconduct, there should be a vehicle to penalize them," said state Sen. Jamaal Bailey, a Bronx Democrat who sponsored the law along with Assemblymember Nick Perry. The commission will act as a fact-finding entity and review complaints of misconduct before the complaints are sent on to an attorney grievance committee overseeing the prosecutor accused of misconduct. Not surprisingly, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley disagrees with the idea that the measure will restore trust, and comes as crime has risen in recent months in cities statewide. "When you look at the state, murder rates are up, gun violence is at an all-time high," said Doorley, the president of the District Attorneys Association of New York State. "Those are the things that matter to everyone in the state, that's what the Legislature should be addressing." The law could actually lead to delays in removing prosecutors from office, should it come to that. The constitution still places the authority for removing a prosecutor in the hands of the governor. Read the full story at nystateofpolitics [dot] com.