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March 14, 2025 | W42ST

Local Leaders and Midtown BIDs Push Governor Hochul for Public Safety and Mental Health Reforms Click For More

The Midtown BID Coalition, representing seven key business districts in Hell’s Kitchen and beyond, is throwing its support behind discovery reforms and the SUPPORT Act, a legislative proposal being pushed through Albany by West Side politicians, designed to ensure long-term care for individuals suffering from severe mental illness.

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March 14, 2025 | 1010WINS

LES man indicted for fatally stabbing and dismembering his step grandfather, dumping remains in East River Click For More

A 23-year-old man was indicted for fatally stabbing and dismembering his step grandfather then putting his wrapped-up body parts in the East River last month, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.

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March 14, 2025 | PATCH

Man Indicted For Murder After Torso Found In Suitcase Last Month: DA Click For More

A 23-year-old man has been indicted on second-degree murder charges after he fatally stabbed his 65-year-old step grandfather, dismembered and wrapped up his body parts in a suitcase before putting them in the East River last month.

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March 14, 2025 | TOWN & COUNTRY

A Timeline of Art and Artifacts Repatriated in 2025 Click For More

February 18: The Manhattan District Attorney’s office repatriated 107 antiquities to Italy, valued around $1.2 million, recovered from antiquities smugglers Giacomo Medici, Giovanni Franco Becchina, and Robert Hecht. “Italy has unfortunately suffered significant and extensive looting over the past 60 years, and we will continue to do everything possible track down and return pieces that pass through Manhattan,” D.A. Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. said in a statement.

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March 14, 2025 | GOTHAMIST

Lower East Side man indicted for brutal killing, dismembering of roommate Click For More

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Christian Millet, 23, fatally stabbed Edwin Echevarria, 65, with a homemade ice pick. Bragg said Millet lived with Echevarria — who was Millet's grandmother’s ex-boyfriend — and attacked him while he was on the phone.

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March 13, 2025

D.A. Bragg Announces Prison Sentences In Murder For Hire Conspiracy On Lower East Side Click For More

“Anthony Lopez went to great lengths to seek retribution and bloodshed, and his fixation ultimately led to the death of a completely innocent man,” said District Attorney Bragg. “I hope the significant state prison term that Lopez will serve gives Mr. Weeks’s family a sense of justice and peace. Combatting gun violence continues to be my top priority, and we are laser-focused on shootings involving retribution and retaliation.”


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