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November 26, 2024 | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Opinion: Removing street scaffolding helps fight crime Click For More

Across New York City, miles of sidewalk sheds and scaffolding have been up for so long that they are making their surrounding communities unsafe.

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October 17, 2024 | The Forward

I’m Manhattan’s district attorney. This is how I’m combatting antisemitism (Opinion) Click For More

Manhattan has long been a center of Jewish culture and a safe haven for Jews around the world. Yet there has been a disturbing increase of antisemitism over the past year. As Manhattan district attorney — and a lifelong resident of the borough — I am extremely troubled by this increase in anti-Jewish hate.

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June 7, 2024

ICYMI: D.A. Bragg, NOW-NYC Call On Legislature To Close The Voluntary Intoxication Loophole In State Rape Laws Click For More

“In the final days of this legislative session, we implore the Assembly to join their Senate colleagues in passing this critical piece of legislation and finally correct this fundamental injustice.”

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June 5, 2024 | City and State

Bragg: Close the voluntary intoxication loophole (Op-Ed) Click For More

It is not morally okay and it should not be legally permissible to have sex with someone who is so intoxicated that they cannot reasonably consent. There should be consequences for that behavior. But New York state law fails to adequately protect those individuals. That needs to change.

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May 21, 2024

ICYMI: D.A. Bragg, Legal Aid Society Call On State Legislature To Increase Student Loan Aid For Public Interest Attorneys Click For More

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. and Chief Attorney of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society Tina Luongo wrote an op-ed in the Albany Times Union calling on the New York State Legislature to bolster the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Services Attorney Loan Forgiveness (DALF) Program

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May 21, 2024 | Times Union

Commentary: Loan forgiveness program will keep more lawyers serving the public interest (Op-Ed) Click For More

Public defenders and prosecutors typically find themselves on opposite sides. But we’re joining together to fight for a solution to a critical issue that impacts all of us: crippling student loan debt.


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This morning, we gathered with our borough’s current and incoming elected officials to update them on our Office’s work throughout the past year and to discuss ways we can work together to improve public safety in Manhattan.
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“A woman thought she was buying a home with her boyfriend, when, allegedly, he stole approximately $272,000 of her hard-earned money.” – D.A. Bragg. Watch here to learn more about this romance scam indictment.
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As we celebrate the season of giving, earlier today we joined @onehundredblackmen for their annual Food and Toy giveaway where food and toys were provided for more than 100 families!