Alvin Bragg, the district attorney for Manhattan, has expressed his concern about the growing crime rate in the Big Apple. Bragg filed charges against former President Donald Trump earlier this year over a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
This is particularly true of crime on the city’s subways, where attempts to reduce violence haven’t stopped the rise in violence over the past few years.
“Transit crime is down, as I can see from the stats. However, I get a knot in my gut whenever one of my family members boards the train. We have a lot more work to do because I live here and am growing my family here,” Bragg remarked. We conduct several in-depth wiretapping investigations. We see the benefits of our investigative work because we conduct targeted enforcement, so we will continue in that vein of work.
The public’s impression of increased crime in the city is fueled by the DA’s candidature, which was made at a time when he has been heavily criticised for being soft on crime.
The editorial board of The New York Post recently attacked Bragg and his “woke policies” in an article headlined “Alvin Bragg’s agenda is STILL irrelevant to city’s real needs.”
Last week, Manhattan prosecutors asked a judge to turn down Trump’s request to drop criminal charges related to a hush money payment. They said the former president was trying to avoid responsibility by abusing his political power.
Prosecutors said they obtained fresh material from “campaign insiders” during last year’s investigation into the hush money case, supporting their allegation that Trump paid adult film star Stormy Daniels hush money and then concealed it.
Trump want last month’s indictment to be overturned for a variety of grounds. One of them was that it was brought up to tamper with the 2024 presidential election six years after the purported cover-up.
Judge Juan Merchan was asked by the New York district attorney’s office to disregard the disagreement and apply the law uniformly.