Listen, I understand that politics is all about negotiating and deal-making, but this bill is about the most basic civil and human rights of New York's teenagers. That a 16-year-old kid who steals a candy bar or spray paints an abandoned building is automatically charged, tried, and sentenced as an adult in New York is beyond comprehension. They can't legally vote. They can't fight in the military. But somehow our state has determined that our teenagers can and should pay an adult price for every single mistake they make while having virtually none of the rights as adults that we all enjoy. Again, this is just preposterous.