Alvin Bragg is the 37th District Attorney elected in Manhattan. Alvin – a lifelong Manhattanite who served as a state and federal prosecutor – has spent more than two decades fighting to make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer.
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Bragg Indicts Serial Uptown Arsonist 
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., recently indicted Michael Patterson, 38, for allegedly committing a total of seven arsons across the Upper East Side and Upper West Side in 2025. Patterson has been charged with eight counts of arson. “In Manhattan, we take extremely seriously conduct that endangers our communities–whether to people or to property,” said Bragg.
Will Threat of Prison Make One of New York’s ‘Worst Landlords’ Change? 
A five-story brick building on West 170th Street has been known to go months without heat or hot water during the winter. On one occasion, the boiler erupted, filling the basement with a thick black plume of dust that crept up and down the stairways and infiltrated the apartments. When the residents blew their noses, they would stain the tissues black.
NYPD officers accused of covering up off-duty cop’s drunk driving crash 
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Two NYPD officers are accused of covering up an off-duty cop’s drunk driving crash in Manhattan two years ago, prosecutors said Friday.
NYPD officers accused of covering up drunk driving crash involving another cop 
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two NYPD officers were arraigned on Friday for allegedly covering up a drunk driving crash in October 2024 that involved another cop, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
NYPD officers charged with alleged drunk driving cover-up of colleague 
Two NYPD officers pleaded not guilty after accused of allegedly covering up a drunk driving crash involving an off-duty officer.
Manhattan DA charges 2 NYPD officers with covering up another’s DWI crash 
Two NYPD officers were charged Friday with covering up for a third officer who crashed his car while he was drunk, prosecutors said.

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