New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell called on Monday for an end to New York City’s disastrous bail reform laws, passed just a few years ago. Crime in the city has only increased since the far-left measure was put into place.

Sewell spoke specifically of so-called “quality of life crimes” such as littering, public consumption of alcohol, and fare-jumping, saying that ignoring these crimes could lead to larger crimes.

“Sewell’s comments come amid a weekend filled with assault cases in the Big Apple, as the NYPD reports that the city’s crime rate was up nearly 60 percent in February, when compared to the same time the year before,” Daily Mail reports.

Sewell told local radio show host John Catsimatidis on Sunday that the criminal justice reform laws that were introduced in 2020 were “definitely part of the thinking that needs to change.”

“We can keep most of the important elements of the reform, but there are absolutely some things that need to be adjusted,” he continued to say, referring to the 2020 bail reform laws.

New York’s bail law currently eliminates money bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. Those accused of these crimes are either freed without restrictions while their case plays out, or released under certain conditions like electronic monitoring. The law also requires police to issue appearance tickets to people charged with some low-level minor offenses, rather than taking them to jail, writes NYCLU.

“There are entire categories of serious crimes that we can no longer make an arrest for. We can only issue a summons,” Sewell said. “We have used discretion in the past,” she said of the NYPD officers. “Now we don’t even have that.”