“Hate has no place in New York City and these offensive and damaging actions will not be tolerated,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “As alleged, James Ryan put emblems of hate on a city building and one of Manhattan’s most iconic symbols.”

D.A. Alvin Bragg and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell announced the indictment of five men who helped fuel the fentanyl crisis engulfing our city. These defendants -- all associates of the “3Staccs" crew -- brought dangerous semi-automatic weapons into our communities, and sold counterfeit Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl out of the New York City Housing Authority’s Grant Houses.

Crime stats in the subways and the neighborhoods they serve are finally moving in the right direction, with notable reductions in serious crimes, and safer days right around the corner, NYPD officials said Friday. Murders dropped 28% citywide last month, as police counted 26 murders compared to 36 reported in February 2022, according to the stats. Rapes dropped 22%, burglaries 15% and robberies 11% last month compared to February 2022, according to the police.

“Community-based organizations are at the heart of enhancing public safety in our neighborhoods,” said Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg over email. “As part of our comprehensive gun violence strategy, we are focused on prevention efforts to keep young people engaged through meaningful programming, and Uptown Grand Central is an exemplary model of how this approach can make a significant impact. It takes real partnership and collaboration to deliver the safe streets that everyone deserves, and we are going to continue to make these types of investments to prevent violence from occurring in the first place.”

“Wage theft is very clearly a public safety issue,” Mr. Bragg said in a statement on Friday. “These workers demanded their fair pay, and in return, we allege, they were targeted with physical violence and threats of deportation. We will not stand idly by while hardworking New Yorkers’ lives and livelihoods are jeopardized.”

“For nearly two years, we’ve seen a proliferation of storefronts across Manhattan selling unlicensed, unregulated, and untaxed cannabis products. It’s time for the operation of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries to end,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Just as we don’t allow endless unlicensed bars and liquor stores to open on every corner, we cannot allow that for cannabis. It’s not safe to sell products that aren’t properly inspected and regulated for dosage, purity, and contaminants. And it certainly isn’t fair to competing businesses.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., in partnership with the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG), today announced a new $9 million mental health initiative to immediately reach New Yorkers with deeply entrenched needs.

Last Thursday, the same day Manhattan prosecutors were set to deliver the closing arguments in a trial alleging tax crimes against the Trump Organization, Bragg sat down for a one-on-one conversation with WNYC’s Brigid Bergin

The charges are the first brought by a new unit in the Manhattan district attorney’s office focused on fraud and tenant harassment in the housing and the real estate industry.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon turned himself in at the Manhattan district attorney’s office Thursday to face money laundering and fraud charges in connection with the “We Build the Wall” fund-raising scam.

New York City’s district attorneys said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing more legal gun owners to carry their weapons publicly presents a “nightmare” for public safety that will likely give people “more ready access to guns.”

Amid a sharp increase in hate crimes across New York City, Alvin Bragg, the district attorney of Manhattan, is devoting a significant measure of new money and manpower to combat such incidents, which rose by a staggering 160% last year in his borough alone.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of a new special victims unit Monday to be overseen by a chief prosecutor implementing a new approach to cases involving survivors of sex abuse.

DA Alvin Bragg’s new human trafficking chief said that saddling victims with records made them more vulnerable and susceptible to remaining in the sex trade.

Alvin Bragg was elected Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday and will become the first Black person to lead the influential office, which handles tens of thousands of cases a year and is conducting a high-profile investigation into former President Donald J. Trump and his family business.

The former federal prosecutor is running for Manhattan DA with a holistic approach to revamping law enforcement in New York City.