Remarks
Written Testimony: City Council Public Safety Committee, FY25 Budget & Oversight Hearings 
Good afternoon, Chair Salaam and members of the Committee on Public Safety. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today regarding our Office’s Fiscal Year 2025 Preliminary Budget. We thank the City Council for its past support, the other four District Attorneys for their collaboration, and know that a safer and fairer city requires all of us working together.
D.A. Bragg Delivers Remarks Introducing New “Hate Crimes Modernization Act”
Assault can be charged as a hate crime, but gang assault cannot. So, if one person beats up another person because of the victim’s race, that assault can be charged as a hate crime. But, inexplicably, if a group of people beats someone up because of their race, that gang assault (as the law calls it) cannot be charged as a hate crime. That needs to change.
D.A. Bragg Delivers Remarks on Indictments in a Wide-Ranging Construction Fraud Scheme
The wide-ranging impact of this alleged corruption is significant. When the field is rigged, law-abiding companies and legitimate MWBEs are cheated out of much-needed contracts. And when executives care more about their bottom line than their employees, and more about their greed and lining their pockets than the law, hard-working New Yorkers suffer.
Written Testimony: City Council Public Safety Committee, FY24 Budget & Oversight Hearings
Good afternoon Chair Hanks and members of the Committee on Public Safety. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today regarding my Office’s Fiscal Year 2024 Preliminary Budget. We thank the City Council for its past support, my fellow District Attorneys for their collaboration, and know that a safer and fairer city requires all of us working together.
D.A. Bragg Delivers Remarks on New $9 Million Mental Health Initiative
It’s disconcerting and sometimes scary to see our neighbors who are plainly unwell whether its openly using drugs or behaving in a deserving manner, talking to themselves either above ground in our streets or below ground in our subways. These individuals need help. As do our neighborhoods and small businesses. We cannot ignore these issues and have people cycle through our court system again and again. By addressing these human needs, we address the broader needs of public safety in our community.
Written Testimony: City Council Public Safety Committee, FY23 Budget & Oversight Hearings
Good afternoon Chair Kamillah Hanks and members of the Committee on Public Safety. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today regarding my Office’s Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget, to highlight what we are doing to address and disrupt the rise in violence in our city and the help we need to meet the challenges we face. We thank the City Council for past support, my fellow District Attorneys for their collaboration, and know that a safer and fairer city requires all of us working together.
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“While this sentence will not bring back an innocent life lost & cannot undo the pain two New Yorkers face, I hope it provides a sense of comfort and closure.”- D.A. Bragg. More about Trevon Murphy’s sentencing for a string of stabbing attacks in @CNN:
In celebration of #AAPIHeritageMonth, our Community Engagement Coordinator Peter Tse and Chief of the State Civil Litigation Unit Grace Vee joined the inaugural NYS AAPI Summit in Albany yesterday!
3“In addition to disrupting fencing networks, we will continue to target the small number of recidivists who are driving a significant amount of retail theft & ensure appropriate accountability.” – D.A. Bragg. More about yesterday’s fencing indictment here:
Trevon Murphy was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for stabbing 3 unhoused men, including one fatally. “New Yorkers who face the painful & difficult experience of being unhoused shouldn’t have to simultaneously fear for their safety.” – D.A. Bragg.
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