Op-Ed
ICYMI: D.A. Bragg Calls For Funding To Address Mental Health Crisis In New York Times Op-Ed 
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., wrote an op-ed in the New York Times over the weekend calling for the state legislature to make additional investments in New York’s mental health infrastructure.
We Must Address New York City’s Mental Health Crisis (Op-Ed)
In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had been autographing copies of his first book in Blumstein’s department store in Harlem. The woman who stabbed him was named Izola Ware Curry.
Op-Ed: Meeting people’s mental health needs
As New Yorkers, we’re all too familiar with images of our neighbors in need of care and support. We may see them asking for money or food, sleeping on park benches or subway cars, or walking in cold weather without a shirt or shoes.
D.A. Bragg Kicks Off Mental Health Initiative In New York Daily News Op-Ed
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News about the official launch of a proactive approach to address the City’s mental health crisis as the Office’s Neighborhood Navigators hit the streets for the first time. D.A. Bragg also called on all stakeholders, from law enforcement to elected officials and more, to come together and solve this issue, and offered immediate action-items.
To address gun violence, invest in our youth
At the peak of summer, rising temperatures are often accompanied by a tragic increase in deadly gun violence. Thankfully in New York City, and Manhattan, shootings and homicides continue to decrease.
The Clean Slate Act is fairer to people who’ve done their done time and better for the whole society
There is a clear reason why both business and law enforcement leaders count ourselves among the broad and diverse coalition of supporters of a critically important bill pending in Albany right now, the Clean Slate NY Act (S.211/A.1029). This legislation would be an essential tool for advancing public safety, fairness, and economic empowerment.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office