City/Town of Residence
New York City
Current Political Office (if applicable)
District Attorney of New York
Education
A.B. from Harvard; J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Experience and Qualifications
Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York; Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice; Assistant US Attorney, Southern District
Community Involvement
Sunday School teacher
Party Affiliation
Democrat
Key Endorsements
Manhattan’s entire Congressional delegation of Reps Nadler, Espaillat and Goldman, as well as all of Manhattan’s representatives in the State Senate, State Assembly, and City Council, 1199SEIU, UFT,
CampaignWebsite
www.AlvinBragg.com
Instagram
www.instagram.com/AlvinBraggNYC
For our office, the top issues are reducing gun violence; addressing mental health issues to make our streets and subways both safer and feel safer; and protecting the rule of law to deliver justice for all.
We will continue to work in partnership with the NYPD, the community, elected officials, and other law enforcement agencies to deliver the safety we need, fairness we deserve and justice for all. Since taking office, gun violence is down by 66%. Investment in mental health services and support for survivors is on the rise. We’ve cracked down on wage theft, tenant harassment, public corruption, and gotten justice for sexual assault survivors. Despite the encouraging declines in index crime, we know we have more work to do. We will remain focused on driving these numbers even lower in the years to come to make Manhattan even safer.
The work is ongoing. We must continue to reduce gun violence through a comprehensive approach, invest in new mental health initiatives to get people the help they need, and build trust in our work by delivering one standard of justice for all.
Addressing the mental health crisis in our city by getting people the help they need. Since taking office, I have focused strongly on the impact our broken mental health system has on public safety. If you go to Manhattan Criminal Court any day of the week, you can see how this broken system and the lack of treatment, housing, and supportive services lead to greater contact with the criminal justice system. Further, the population of unhoused individuals with untreated mental illness contributes to public safety concerns, despite people with mental illness being more likely to be the victims of crime than the perpetrators. To reverse the post-Covid rise in random assaults of and by people with untreated mental illness, prevention-oriented investments are critical; enforcement has little deterrence value for crimes committed by those experiencing a mental health crisis. Now is the time for action to address our mental health emergency.
Bringing all parts of government and society together to build a plan that meet the magnitude of the problem.
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