Press Releases
D.A. Vance: Harvey Weinstein Convicted at Trial 
“Dawn Dunning, Miriam Haley, Jessica Mann, Annabella Sciorra, Tarale Wulff, Lauren Young. Meghan Hast, Joan Illuzzi. These are the eight women who changed the course of history in the fight against sexual violence. These are eight women who pulled our justice system into the 21st century by declaring that rape is rape, and sexual assault is sexual assault, no matter what. Rape is rape, whether it’s committed by a stranger in a dark alley or by an intimate partner in a relationship. It’s rape, whether it’s committed by an indigent person or a man of immense power, prestige, and privilege. Rape is rape whether the survivor reports it within the next hour, within a year, or never at all. It’s rape, despite the complicated dynamics of power and consent after an assault. It’s rape even if there is no physical evidence. Even if it happened a long time ago."
D.A. Vance, Police Commissioner Shea Announce Indictment of Two for Murder of Tessa Majors
“While a criminal process will never fully heal the unimaginable pain suffered by Tessa Majors’ family and friends, this indictment is a significant step forward on the path to justice,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance Announces Guilty Pleas of Ex-Newsweek and Christian Media Chiefs in $35 Million Fraud Probe
“If you compromise the integrity of New York’s core industries and financial markets, our Office will hold you criminally accountable whether you’re a low-level employee or a high-powered CEO."
D.A. Vance Invests $2M to Create Youth Sex Trafficking Intervention Program
“We are using funds seized in our investigations against major banks to close the gaps that cause vulnerable young New Yorkers to fall through the cracks and become targets for traffickers,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance Announces Charges in One of N.Y.’s First Cases Under New Child Sex Trafficking Law
"This horrific case illustrates why my Office fought so hard for the passage of the Child Sex Trafficking Act last year."
D.A. Vance and Police Commissioner Shea Announce Takedown of Gun Traffickers Who Sold 40 Pistols, Revolvers, and Assault Rifles
“My Office and our courageous partners in the NYPD’s Firearms Suppression Division have already taken more than 1,800 trafficked guns off New York City’s streets, but there’s an urgent need to discourage these merchants of death from doing business here in the first place."
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A Manhattan jury has found Harvey Weinstein GUILTY of Criminal Sexual Act and Rape ⚖️
More details to come...
🏅 News from #AAFS2020: @ManhattanDA has been awarded the Ambassador of Forensic Science Award for our work to #endthebacklog. We’ve secured 105 new convictions and counting. #TestEveryKit https://t.co/9IDpHXsrsY
📝 💼 Thanks to all the NYC students who came to our annual Resume Workshop! @ManhattanDA staff answered career questions and helped the students develop their resumes. https://t.co/S3BmLLsMs2
Manhattan District Attorney's Office