Bail reformers take on Albany

CRIMINAL justice activists — including the brother of a Bronx teen who killed himself after a jail stay and Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter Kerry Kennedy — gathered Thursday to demand that Albany reform the state’s bail system.

Akeem Browder — whose brother Kalief committed suicide after spending three years on Rikers Island awaiting trial for allegedly stealing a backpack — called on lawmakers to act during a rally in Foley Square.

Browder’s family couldn’t afford $3,000 in bail to get Kalief out of Rikers.

“Too many get in the system just because they can’t pay to get out,” he said.

The rally launched advocates’ new Bail Reform NY campaign, which is urging legislators to include bail reform in the final budget, which must be passed by April 1.