The 2026 election cycle, which includes midterm congressional seats and the races for governor and attorney general, are already heating up, and it appears that, once again, crime will be a central theme. 

New York’s state Division of Criminal Justice Services keeps track of crime data and gun violence by county. Here is the division’s latest shooting activity report. 

Joe Popcun, executive deputy commissioner at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, joined Capital Tonight to discuss gun crime around the state as well as what it might mean to New York should Congress pass a ban on “cashless bail.”