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| With Alvin Bragg''s re-election under a Mayor Mamdani, ''justice'' in NYC is about to get worse |
| 2025-11-07 |
| [NYPOST] While Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has gotten the lion's share of the media attention these last several weeks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quietly sailed through his reelection bid, securing more than 70% of the vote. Bragg's win reflects a bucking of what some might have been tempted to call a national trend of so-called ''progressive'' prosecutors around the country being made to suffer the electoral consequences of going soft on crime. Recent examples include LA's George Gascon, Oakland's Pamela Price, San Francisco's Chesa Boudin, and Athens, Ga.'s Deborah Gonzalez, defeated in the wake of Laken Riley's murder. Bragg has drawn an enormous amount of criticism since first taking office — largely in response to his infamous ''Day One'' memo outlining his vision for prosecuting (and not prosecuting) criminals in Manhattan. Yet his 2025 vote total was more than three times the share secured by his closest challenger, Maud Maron, who received just 20% of the votes cast. The question is: Why? And the answer is relatively simple. Alvin Bragg's radicalism was overshadowed by misguided state-level reforms — and an even more insane mayoral candidate leading the ticket. Bragg was able to effectively deflect when confronted with concerns about public safety by pointing to some of the more misguided criminal justice reforms enacted by Albany Democrats prior to his taking office — particularly the state's 2020 discovery reform, which Bragg sharply and repeatedly critiqued. Between that, the 2020 bail reform, the 2018 juvenile justice reform, and the 2021 parole reform, Bragg had plenty of scapegoats to point to if ever he was accused of doing too little enforcement. And the truth is, even had he wanted to be a true law-and-order DA, the reforms enacted in Albany would have prevented him from doing so effectively. Related: Alvin Bragg 11/06/2025 Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg wins re-election against 2 foes to lock up second term Alvin Bragg 10/28/2025 Nearly 600 Israeli companies have created 27,000 jobs in NYC, survey finds Alvin Bragg 10/07/2025 James Comey Is Not an Innocent Victim of the Lawfare He Helped to Create |
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