Op-Ed
Commentary: Proposed tweaks to discovery reforms will make system more efficient and just 
As New York City’s district attorneys, we are deeply committed to making our communities safer and ensuring justice for all. However, the 2020 discovery reforms — despite their important goal of increasing transparency — have had unintended consequences: delaying justice, harming victims, and exponentially increasing dismissals.
ICYMI: D.A. Bragg, Manhattan Borough President Levine & Councilmember Powers Call On City Council To Expedite The Removal Of Dangerous Sidewalk Sheds
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and City Councilmember Keith Powers wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News calling on the New York City Council to pass legislation that will make it easier to get sidewalk sheds down in a timely fashion, while simultaneously making sure that the sheds that are up, are safer and less disruptive.
Opinion: Removing street scaffolding helps fight crime
Across New York City, miles of sidewalk sheds and scaffolding have been up for so long that they are making their surrounding communities unsafe.
I’m Manhattan’s district attorney. This is how I’m combatting antisemitism (Opinion)
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.
ICYMI: D.A. Bragg, NOW-NYC Call On Legislature To Close The Voluntary Intoxication Loophole In State Rape Laws
“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.”
Bragg: Close the voluntary intoxication loophole (Op-Ed)
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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