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Artifacts seized from U.S. billionaire returned to Israel 
Prosecutors in New York announced the repatriation Tuesday of $5 million worth of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt to Israel, where Steinhardt is well known as a patron of cultural institutions. The 39 items being returned to Israel include two gold masks dating from about 5000 B.C. that are valued at $500,000 and a set of three death masks that date from 6000 to 7000 B.C. and are worth a total of $650,000, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
Bragg Creates New Division to Use Alternatives to Prison Across Manhattan DA’s Office
Bragg said its creation is to further use diversion and evidence-based programming to "ensure individuals involved in the criminal justice system receive necessary services to reduce recidivism and enhance public safety."
Community group partners with government officials for gun buyback program in Washington Heights
"Every gun off the street is potentially a life saved and there are approximately fifty guns off the street today, so I feel encouraged," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
NYPD sergeant who said he didn’t care if a suspect could breathe pleads guilty
An NYPD sergeant pleaded guilty to attacking a man in a holding cell and violently arresting another man in a subway station. Phillip Wong, 37, originally pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and attempted assault charges. But on Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wong had pleaded guilty to assault and attempted assault, both in the third degree.
Antiquities Valued at More Than $20 Million Returned to Greece
The 55 items seized by the Manhattan district attorney’s office are thought to have been stolen from archaeological sites and illegally brought into the United States.
U.S. Task Force Prosecutes Highest Amount of Anti-Asian Crimes Since Inception
In New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office's Hate Crimes Unit is prosecuting more hate crimes involving anti-Asian incidents than it has since the task force launched more than a decade ago. Bragg's announcement came as the prosecutor introduced murder charges against an individual who allegedly attacked a man in East Harlem last spring "for no other reason than his race," causing injuries that ultimately resulted in the man's death.
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