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Subway crime is out of control, from platform pushings to assaults to theft. Four out of the six subway stations with the highest crime rates in New York City are in Manhattan; keeping New Yorkers safe on our transit system is of the utmost importance.

Street crime is likewise a major problem, leaving Manhattanites feeling unsafe in their own borough and visitors wary of walking down the wrong street. Stabbings, muggings, and even stalkings are now tragically commonplace and the perception has become a Manhattan without rule of law.

Finally, case dismissals due to technicalities are putting criminals back on the streets in alarming numbers. These dismissals are not only an embarrassment to the office, but put dangerous criminals back on the street. This does nothing to mitigate crime; rather, it exacerbates it.

First, there needs to be more of a collaborative effort between the District Attorney's office and One Police Plaza. The NYPD are the ones enforcing the law on the streets; it is then the DA's job to enforce the law in the courts.

Second, I would walk back Alvin Bragg's disastrous Day One Memo and begin once again prosecuting those who commit crimes such as fare evasion or store theft. While low-level offenses, these crimes, left unchecked, open the door for far more serious crimes--something we are witnessing firsthand today.

Third, I would utilize the resources of the office and the hundreds of employees employed by the office to ensure that case dismissals are drastically reduced, if not eliminated entirely.

I would establish immediately a Transit Trial Strike force of attorneys to expeditiously prosecute perpetrators of violence in the subways. This would be a new division within the Manhattan District Attorney's office, much like Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime.

Street crime and crime that has been ignored by Alvin Bragg, including store theft, resisting police, and reducing felonies to misdemeanors, will be prosecuted according to the New York Penal Law without exception. The District Attorney does not have the power to ignore crimes that are on the books.

We will use the 1,700 employees of the Manhattan District Attorney's office to fulfill discovery requirements so that no case gets arbitrarily dismissed because the DA's office wasn't able to do the job.

Significantly reducing serious crime in the borough. Subways in Manhattan's 151 subways stops will be safe and protected by police and prosecutors. A subway, train, or bus ride will be an easy, comfortable, safe experience.

Brutal street crimes - slashings, shootings, muggings - that are now common occurrences will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and used as a powerful deterrent for any future crimes.

The present relationship between the police and the District Attorney's office. By declining to prosecute cases brought before him, Alvin Bragg has demonstrated a lack of support for the NYPD that has had lasting repercussions on the way crime is fought in the five boroughs. Fostering a better collaborative partnership between the DA's office and One Police Plaza is tantamount to enhanced public safety.