Alvin Bragg is the 37th District Attorney elected in Manhattan. Alvin – a lifelong Manhattanite who served as a state and federal prosecutor – has spent more than two decades fighting to make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer.
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D.A. Bragg Announces Prison Sentence Of Ronnie Perry For Pushing Man Onto Tracks At Lower Manhattan Station
“Pushing a commuter onto the subway tracks is an extraordinarily dangerous and reckless act that directly puts that person in harm’s way,” said District Attorney Bragg. “As a jury found, Ronnie Perry committed a horrific and unprovoked attack that caused significant harm to the victim, and I am thankful to the fellow New Yorkers who acted quickly to return him to safety. Since I took office in 2022, transit crime has declined 12% year-to-date in Manhattan, and my office remains committed to prosecuting violence to keep our public transportation system safe.”
CUNY and charter school workers indicted in separate schemes totaling nearly $1M in fraud against NYS
Three people were indicted in two separate cases for allegedly defrauding NYS of nearly $1 million through schemes involving education-related funds, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the state Comptroller’s office said on Tuesday.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice bookkeeper swiped $700K from students: authorities
Cadelie Neat, 60, an accounts-payable manager at the anti-crime-focused Manhattan public institution, sent herself more than 260 fraudulent checks purportedly made out to current and former enrollees in a stipend program, plus some fictional “students” she invented, court papers claim.
Watch: Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg and NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Announce Indictments In Frauds Totaling Nearly $1 Million
Manhattan D.A., NYS Comptroller Announce Indictments In Frauds Totaling Nearly $1 Million
“When you defraud the State, you steal from all 20 million New Yorkers,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Our investigations with the New York State Comptroller uncovered nearly $1 million of theft from the public fisc. The crimes alleged in both indictments targeted funds intended to support students, from grade schoolers to college students. I thank the Comptroller’s Office for its partnership and commitment to rooting out fraud committed at the taxpayers’ expense.”
Inside Manhattan DA Bragg’s effort to prosecute police accused of abusing power
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney's office's Police Accountability Unit have been filling their dockets with NYPD officers they say have abused their positions while on duty.
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