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December 23, 2025

D.A. Bragg, State Senator Hoylman-Sigal And Assemblymember Simone Applaud Passage Of “Support Act”, Creating Oversight And Accountability Mechanism After Hospital Discharge Click For More

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr.: “Each year, hundreds of New Yorkers are found unfit to stand trial and quickly returned to their communities without adequate supports to prevent the same thing from happening again and again. By signing the SUPPORT Act, Governor Hochul is helping ensure that New Yorkers don’t fall through the cracks of our mental healthcare safety net. I thank the Governor for taking this important step, and applaud our partners on this legislation - New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and New York State Assemblymember Tony Simone - for their never-ceasing advocacy. I look forward to working with all of our legislative partners next year to (keep improving our mental health infrastructure to ensure a continuum of care and long-term stability for people living with serious mental illness.” 

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December 22, 2025 | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Times Square food vendor accused of setting man on fire captured, indicted after fleeing to Egypt Click For More

A Times Square food cart vendor accused of dousing a man in gasoline and setting him on fire was indicted in Manhattan on Monday after being nabbed on his return from spending eight months hiding out in Egypt after the horrific arson attack, prosecutors said.

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December 22, 2025 | NBC New York

DA: Vendor indicted for lighting man on fire in Times Square, fleeing to Egypt Click For More

A 23-year-old food cart vendor has been indicted on attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly lighting a club promoter on fire in Times Square after a brief interaction, sending him running through the Crossroads of the World screaming for help, the Manhattan prosecutor's office announced Monday.

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December 22, 2025

D.A. Bragg Announces Indictment Of Ahmad Mossad For Lighting Man On Fire In Times Square Click For More

“This alleged attempted murder is absolutely heinous,” said District Attorney Bragg. “The defendant allegedly sought to evade accountability for more than eight months by immediately flying overseas to Egypt but was eventually apprehended thanks to the hard work of our prosecutors and the NYPD. I know the victim has suffered excruciatingly painful injuries as a result of this incident, and I hope he can continue to improve and recover.”

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December 19, 2025 | People

Woman Thought She Was Buying a Home with Boyfriend She Met on Bumble — But Says He Turned Out to Be a Scam Artist Who Stole $272,000 from Her Click For More

A man was indicted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a woman in a “romance scam,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced on Thursday, Dec. 18.

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December 19, 2025 | Our Town

Our Town: Bragg Indicts Bodybuilder in $100,000 Sublease Rental Scam Click For More

Genesis is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with three counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. He was also separately arraigned on one count of Bail Jumping in the Second Degree.


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ICYMI: "This act of arson not only threatened Parker’s neighbors, but those in the surrounding area.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about the guilty plea of a man for intentionally starting a fire inside a Hamilton Heights apartment building that destroyed the property: