As Manhattan District Attorney, Cy Vance, Jr. has made the advancement of criminal justice reform part of the mission of the District Attorney's Office, right alongside our centuries-old founding mission of public safety.
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DA Vance has made justice reform a part of our mission, right alongside our founding mission of public safety.
Our strong partnerships with Manhattan communities help prevent crime and reduce involvement in the justice system.
Sexual violence affects all communities and workplaces. We ensure that survivors are not just heard, but given equal access to justice.
We’ve developed partnerships, technology, and expertise to become a national leader in cybercrime prevention and prosecution.
Since 2010, our proactive investigations have led to the removal of more than 1,700 guns from New York City streets.
Because Manhattan is a global financial capital, our Office is uniquely positioned to fight white-collar crime.
DA Vance accepting the New York Center for Children's "Champion" Award
The head of our Cybercrime Bureau appears on VICE's "Motherboard" podcast to talk about how we solve and prosecute complex high-tech crimes
DA Vance tours Educational Alliance and learns more about the innovative "two-generation" education program funded by CJII
DA Vance announces the results of the office's $38M investment in testing the national rape kit backlog
DA Vance welcomes players to our annual Saturday Night Lights Invitational Basketball Tournament
Take Your Kids to Work Day 2019
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Metro-North exec busted for pocketing $70K in kickbacks from scam involving $10 million in contracts awarded to crooked company
A greedy Metro-North manager pocketed $70,000 in kickbacks for steering $10 million in crooked contracts to a waste disposal business in a lucrative bid-rigging scam, the Manhattan District attorney charged Friday.
Manhattan landlord and contractors sentenced to 4 to 12 years behind bars for fatal East Village gas explosion
A Manhattan building owner and a pair of crooked construction workers were sentenced Friday to four to 12 years in prison for running an illegal gas line that triggered the deadly East Village blast that killed two people.
Landlord, contractor and plumber sentenced to 4 to 12 years for East Village gas explosion
The three people responsible for a deadly East Village gas explosion that leveled several buildings and killed two men landed four to 12 years behind bars Friday.
D.A. Vance, MTA I.G. Pokorny Announce Charges in Metro-North Railroad Bid-Rigging Scheme
“Asbestos abatement and regulated waste removal are serious public health and safety matters, particularly when it comes to facilities like Grand Central that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and visitors use every day,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance: East Village Explosion Defendants Sentenced to 4-to-12 Years in Prison
“If you cut corners based on expediency and profit and kill or injure New Yorkers in the process, you are engaging in criminal conduct and my Office will seek significant prison time."
Trial of 6-Year-Old’s Killer Exposes Lapses in City’s Child Welfare System
A Harlem man was convicted of murder in the beating of his girlfriend’s son after a trial that shed light on the city’s failure to intervene.
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Friday Dec 6
Artist and activist George Emilio Sanchez returns to Abrons Arts Center for a third year with Bang Bang Gun Amok III, a 24-hour performance “filibuster” that addresses how gun culture is historically embedded in the United States. Co-presented by Henry Street Settlement and University Settlement Artists in partnership with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the event unites activists, scholars, Lower East Side youth, and gun violence survivors in a spirit of solidarity to call for an end to a culture of violence.
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D.A. Vance: "As proven at trial, Zymere was an innocent and helpless 6-year-old boy who suffered unconscionable, ongoing violence at the hands of Rysheim Smith. Now, a Manhattan jury has rightly held the defendant accountable for this horrific murder.”
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The death of Zymere Perkins was an unthinkable tragedy that sent shockwaves through the city and inspired a reckoning with how our social services system works to protect New York’s most vulnerable. https://t.co/foF5nGTagB
📥 INBOX: our 2019 year in review! https://t.co/yH91Hl8smO https://t.co/90u1Ae2nDq
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