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March 6, 2025

2024 Annual Report Click For More

In the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, we work hard every day to advance public safety. In 2024, we continued to drive down gun violence by holding shooters accountable, cracking down on ghost guns, and investing in community-based prevention. Our Special Victims Division expanded services for survivors and took on challenging cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking. In a year when reports of antisemitic and other hate crimes increased nationwide, we worked with partners in Albany to strengthen New York’s hate crimes law and initiated a record number of hate crimes prosecutions.

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March 13, 2024

2023 Annual Report Click For More

In the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, the goal of everything we do is to improve public safety and make our justice system fairer.

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February 20, 2023

Witness Aid Services Unit One-Pager Click For More

The Witness Aid Services Unit (“WASU”) ensures that crime victims, witnesses, and their families can access the services they need to rebuild their lives, while helping them navigate New York’s complex court system.

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December 12, 2022

Pathways to Public Safety One-Pager Click For More

Safety and fairness go hand-in-hand. District Attorney Bragg created the Office’s first Pathways to Public Safety Division to enhance and elevate the use of diversion and evidence-based programming, ensuring individuals involved in the criminal justice system receive necessary services to reduce recidivism and enhance public safety.

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November 29, 2022

Hate Crimes Unit One-Pager Click For More

The Manhattan D.A.’s Office is investigating more hate crimes than ever before. The Hate Crimes Unit upholds District Attorney Bragg’s goals of achieving the safety our communities need and the fairness we deserve. The Unit takes a holistic approach to determining appropriate dispositions, ranging from incarceration to mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and bias-related education.

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November 16, 2022

Getting It Right: A Terminology Guide for the LGBTQIA+ Community Click For More

The D.A.'s Office commissioned Trans Equity Consulting to create a Terminology Guide that explains terms and concepts related to sexual orientation and gender identity. The guide is aimed to both educate and establish a basic framework that ensures best practices and protocols.


Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office7 hours ago
ICYMI: D.A. Bragg was honored to receive the 2025 Frederick Douglass Award for his achievements as District Attorney and his public safety work at the @nyurbanleague’s 59th Annual Awards Dinner!
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Manhattan District Attorney's Office11 hours ago
“Sean Mescall went to extreme lengths to steal from over one hundred New Yorkers, falsely posing as an attorney providing legal assistance, while he was actually exploiting them.” - D.A. Bragg. Learn more about his guilty plea:
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Manhattan District Attorney's Office1 day ago
ICYMI: “Ms. Mette, affectionately known as Momma Zee, was a staple of the Harlem community, and her death is an absolute tragedy.” – D.A. Bragg. More on the indictment of Ricky Shelby for allegedly fatally shooting 61-year-old Excenia Mette: