Since taking workplace in January, Manhattan DA Aliv Bragg has overseen a 30.5% surge in main crimes in Manhattan in comparison with the identical time in 2021, NYPD knowledge exhibits.
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The Manhattan district lawyer’s first yr on the job is nothing to Bragg about — even by essentially the most forgiving of requirements.
In his 10 months in workplace, Harlem-raised Alvin Bragg — the borough’s first African-American elected DA who gained on a platform of felony justice reform and rising police accountability — has definitely stored his promise for change.
Since taking workplace in January, the previous civil rights lawyer and a former federal prosecutor has overseen a 30.5% surge in main crimes in Manhattan in comparison with the identical time in 2021, NYPD knowledge by way of Oct. 30 present. Citywide, the spike is at 29.6%.
Crime is rampant within the Midtown South Precinct, whose confines are a hub for metropolis staff, residents, and vacationers and consists of Occasions Sq., Penn Station, and Macy’s flagship retailer in Herald Sq.. Murders this yr are up 14% (24 from 21) from 2021, whereas burglaries have jumped 45% (2,476 from 1,710), grand larceny has elevated a whopping 53% (9,648 from 6,295) and theft has soared 32% (1,785 from 1,356).
Bragg’s progressive insurance policies embody not in search of bail or jail time for many defendants and downgrading sure felonies to misdemeanors, as outlined in his now notorious “Day 1” memo.
Alongside the way in which, he’s attracted a rising military of detractors — everybody from on a regular basis New Yorkers, victims’ households, and even a gubernatorial candidate who says he'll take away Bragg from workplace if elected.
“Alvin Bragg created a criminal-friendly setting with out repercussions that even Snake Plissken [protagonist of the 1981 film “Escape From New York”] would approve,” snarked Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay Faculty of Prison Justice. “If Bragg retains going unchecked, the following signal you’ll see hung in Manhattan gained’t be ‘Gun Free Zone,’ however ‘We’re Closed for Enterprise.'”
Amongst Bragg’s biggest hits:
Christian Corridor allegedly shoplifted and threatened TJ MAXX staff with scissors in January.
NYPD’s SBA claimed as a result of Bragg’s omitted the information concerning the theft, Corridor was charged with shoplifting and the discharge of an “assault and theft recidivist.”
Christian Corridor, 30: Cops charged him with theft for allegedly shoplifting and threatening staff with scissors at a TJ Maxx retailer in January. Bragg’s workplace knocked that all the way down to petty larceny. The NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Affiliation [SBA] claimed Bragg’s underlings “deliberately omitted all information” concerning the violent theft on the Chelsea retailer — together with key details about the alleged weapon — resulting in a mere shoplifting cost and the discharge of an “assault and theft recidivist.” The arresting officer refused to signal the criticism till it was amended “to incorporate the shears and threatening assertion,” the SBA stated. Corridor’s been arrested 21 occasions with 9 instances nonetheless open, together with theft with a lethal weapon and assault. In February, Corridor allegedly sucker-punched a sanitation employee.
William Rolon allegedly stole greater than $2,000 value of merchandise after threatening a drug retailer employee at knifepoint.
Rolon was solely charged with petty larceny.
William Rolon, 43: The wished ex-con allegedly stole greater than $2,000 value of merchandise in January by threatening a drug retailer employee with a knife — but had his armed theft costs downgraded by Bragg. Manhattan Prison Courtroom Decide Jay Weiner informed Rolon he ought to “really feel fortunate” that DA Bragg’s “new insurance policies” meant he was solely charged with petty larceny and wouldn’t face “a protracted time frame.”
Tyrell Rodgers, 29: Bragg‘s workplace did not request a warrant to confiscate a gun utilized in an armed theft by serial offender Rodgers — he had 23 prior arrests — who then fatally shot a person with that very same weapon precisely a month later, a union boss alleged. Rodgers allegedly pointed the silver revolver at his estranged girlfriend and stole her cellphone whereas threatening to kill her on Feb. 8, court docket information present. He then allegedly killed a person with that revolver on March 8 — after Bragg’s workplace did not subject a warrant that detectives on the theft case requested, Detectives union boss Paul DiGiacomo charged.
Jose Alba, 61: The woke prosecutor lastly obtained robust — on a hard-working Manhattan bodega clerk who grabbed a knife to fend off a raging ex-con on July 1. The traumatized Alba, who has no identified felony historical past, cooled his heels at Rikers Island for practically per week, unable to publish $250,000 bail, regardless of surveillance video displaying the clerk being assaulted by his alleged sufferer. Bragg in the end backed down and dropped the homicide costs towards Alba after a collection of front-page Submit stories that outraged politicians and on a regular basis New Yorkers. Alba, fed up with the Massive Apple Circus, give up his job on the Hamilton Heights bodega and is pondering leaving town for good.
Jose Abla was despatched to Rikers Island for nearly per week after fatally stabbing a raging ex-con who had attacked him.
Video exhibits the 61-year-old bodega clerk defending himself after he was assaulted.
Justin Washington was accused of raping one among his kin.
The 25-year-old allegedly sexually terrorized 5 individuals within the Bronx simply 4 weeks after accepting a plea deal.
Justin Washington, 25: A person accused of raping his teenage relative secured a plum plea deal in August from Bragg’s workplace after which went on to allegedly sexually terrorize 5 individuals within the Bronx 4 weeks later, sources informed the Submit. Washington was set to do 30 days in jail and 5 years probation following a plea to coercion however by no means made it to sentencing. Washington allegedly went on a sex-crime spree close to the homeless shelter the place he was residing within the Bronx.
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