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January 24, 2023 | Teen Vogue

Manhattan District Attorney: Homeless in NYC Need Services and Support, Not Jail Click For More

Sadly, it’s a familiar daily scene on our streets and in the subways across New York City: people visibly struggling with serious mental health and substance use challenges.

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November 28, 2022 | AMNY

Supporting Manhattan’s LGBTQIA+ community by tackling hate crimes Click For More

News of the Colorado Springs shooting was heartbreakingly tragic and painfully familiar. Once again, someone with a gun targeted the LGBTQIA+ community. We heard stunned survivors recount the horrors of the attack, we caught glimpses of a growing makeshift memorial, we saw mourners cling to each other in grief, and we learned that law enforcement was uniting to conduct a careful investigation.

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November 19, 2022 | Daily News

A safer, fairer Manhattan is within our reach: DA Alvin Bragg on where to go from here Click For More

It’s not often that a career prosecutor becomes the focal point of a campaign for governor. But in a political cycle that offered more heat than light on crime and public safety, Republican Lee Zeldin decided to make me — the duly-elected Manhattan district attorney who won with 83% of the vote just one year ago — the centerpiece of his statewide campaign.

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September 27, 2022

D.A. Bragg, Legal Aid Urge Clearing of Human Trafficking Survivors’ Convictions in New York Daily News Op-Ed Click For More

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the Legal Aid Society’s Exploitation Intervention Project attorneys Leigh Latimer and Abigail Swenstein today urged prosecutors and defense attorneys across the state to work collaboratively to utilize the recently enacted START Act to ensure that survivors of human trafficking are not burdened with criminal records.

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August 11, 2022 | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

D.A. Bragg, CUNY ISLG’s Michael Jacobson Call for Investments in Prevention to Reduce Crime in New York Daily News Op-Ed Click For More

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance’s Executive Director Michael Jacobson today urged upstream investments and community partnerships to combat the rise in gun violence in New York City.

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August 11, 2022 | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Op-Ed: To reduce NYC crime, invest in prevention Click For More

To reduce NYC crime, invest in prevention


Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office1 day ago
ICYMI: Listen to @danwiig1’s @nycountylawyers’ Amicus Curiae podcast to learn more about our approach to prosecution in D.A. Bragg’s second term.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office1 day ago
“This kind of reckless and senseless violence has no place in our communities and those who engage in it will be brought to justice by our partners at the NYPD and our office’s prosecutors.” – D.A. Bragg. Read more about this indictment:
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office2 days ago
Congrats to our new NYC Department of Corrections Commissioner Stanley Richards. Hear from D.A. Bragg about how we look forward to continued collaboration to make the criminal justice system more efficient, which will benefit public safety long term. Learn more here: