Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the indictment of YEHIA AMIN, 28, for stalking and punching a 23-year-old Israeli tourist in an antisemitic attack, while the victim and his friends were walking through Times Square.

At back-to-back hearings, District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office asked judges to vacate the decades-old convictions of Wayne Gardine and Jabar Walker after separate reinvestigations with The Legal Aid Society and the Innocence Project revealed authorities built their cases on shady police work and lying witnesses. Both men were convicted in separate homicide cases based on investigations by Manhattan’s then-notoriously corrupt 30th Precinct nicknamed the “Dirty 30.” Nearly three dozen of the Harlem stationhouse cops were arrested in the 1990s for corruption and other crimes.

“As alleged, Ryder should not have been working on this hot summer day. Despite his condition, he was out for hours and worked to the point of collapse,” said District Attorney Bragg. “All animals deserve to be treated with the utmost care and the type of abuse that Ryder allegedly suffered is unacceptable.”

In a massive, 98-page legal brief, Manhattan prosecutors summarize the case as one about Trump's 'illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 presidential election'

A New York City man was indicted for defacing three Manhattan synagogues and a Jewish volunteer ambulance in August, according to the Manhattan district attorney's office. Lenny De La Rosa, 21, faced four counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime at his Tuesday arraignment, District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. "Synagogues are sacred places where everyone should be able to practice their faith safely. We will not allow our houses of worship to be violated by hateful acts and we do not tolerate bias and antisemitism," Bragg said in a statement.

“We created the Special Victims Division Advisory Council to dig into what’s working, what isn’t working, and solicit feedback from external stakeholders on an ongoing basis,” said Bragg. “Strengthening trust with community partners and reducing barriers to services for survivors lead to more reporting and increased participation in the criminal justice process.”

“Christian Zapata is charged with repeatedly punching a victim who posed no immediate danger or physical threat. We will continue to impartially investigate instances where members of law enforcement use unnecessary force, because doing so is essential for enhancing public safety and confidence in the criminal justice system,” said District Attorney Bragg.

The artworks were returned to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, who was killed in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941, in an emotional ceremony at the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, which investigated the case.

This is only the latest in a series of shrewd and successful moves by Bragg that have largely gone unnoticed by the media and the public…He has transcended parochialism and politics, focusing only on the public good. He deserves our thanks. “

“At every possible turn, he allegedly used his taxpayer-funded positions as City Councilmember, then senior mayoral advisor, and finally Department of Buildings commissioner to line his pockets,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.

The Manhattan district attorney reflects on his journey to become one of the highest-profile local prosecutors in the United States and the advice that influential figures in his life gave him along the way.

“At its core is power disparity — employers who are just cheating the system, who might not go out and take $1,000 out of someone’s pocket but are literally taking it out of their pocket through their wages,” Bragg added. “What we’re saying is, it’s the same, and it has to be treated as such and prosecuted as such.”

“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.