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Will Mamdani’s new Correction Department head turn around Rikers Island? 
Additionally, Richards vows to reduce Rikers population by working with local district attorneys to speed up cases and state prison officials to expedite transferring people whose cases are already adjudicated. Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg called him “an outstanding pick for Commissioner” and recounted working together on his office’s court-navigator program.
5 Charged In Firearm Conspiracy Linked To 9 Harlem Shootings: DA
HARLEM, NY — Five young men have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to arm themselves and carry out nine shooting incidents across Harlem over nearly a year, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Tuesday.
Arsonist Indicted for Series of Fires on Upper West Side and Upper East Side
The out-of-state man arrested last fall for setting garbage cans on fire on both the UWS and UES has now been indicted for a total of seven arsons across the two neighborhoods.
7 Arsons Committed On The UES And UWS, Prosecutor Says
An Oregon man is facing charges related to seven different arson attacks on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said Thursday.
Man Sentenced For Morningside Heights Double Murder 30 Years Ago: Manhattan DA
A man was sentenced Thursday for a shocking double murder three decades ago that claimed the lives of a Morningside Heights woman and her special-needs daughter, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday.
NYC judge rips cold case killer at sentencing for 1994 murders of mom, daughter – as lowlife whines he’ll die in prison
Ailing ex-con Larry Atkinson, 67, predicted he has two years to live moments before Judge Althea Drysdale sentenced him to 40 years to life behind bars for the killings of Sarah Roberts, 57, and her developmentally disabled daughter Sharon, 23, who were found strangled to death inside NYCHA’s Grant Houses on Feb. 20, 1994.
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