Press Releases
48 Guns Taken Off City Streets at Buyback Event in Harlem Hosted by Manhattan D.A. Vance, NYPD 
“Gun buyback events are impactful tools for crime prevention and community building, especially in times of increased gun violence in our City,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance: Amy Cooper Charged in Criminal Court for False Report in Central Park
“Our Office is committed to safety, justice, and anti-racism, and we will hold people who make false and racist 911 calls accountable,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance Announces Guilty Pleas in $15M Bloomberg LP and Turner Construction Bid-Rigging and Commercial Bribery Conspiracy
“The integrity of New York City’s construction industry is threatened by pay-to-play corruption, which drives up costs and can drive down quality. Our Office is determined to hold accountable those who stand in the way of honest competition by cheating instead of playing fair.”
D.A. Vance Invests $8 Million To Create “Center for Trauma Innovation” in East Harlem
“The Center for Trauma Innovation will address underlying trauma and promote healing and resiliency in underserved communities, helping to interrupt cycles of violence and provide crucial resources during this period of increased gun violence in New York City,” said District Attorney Vance.
D.A. Vance, N.Y.C. D.A.s Urge City Officials not to Defund “Project Reset” in Daily News Op-Ed
"In a New York Daily News op-ed entitled For a safer NYC, save this program, the city’s five elected District Attorneys lauded Project Reset for providing thousands of New Yorkers charged with low-level offenses “the tools they need to identify and change behaviors” without entering the criminal justice system and experiencing long-lasting collateral consequences."
D.A. Vance Announces Formation of “Equity and Social Justice Advisory Board”
“We created an Equity and Social Justice Advisory Board to give our Office’s large, diverse, legal and non-legal staff a more direct way to make policy recommendations to me and my executive team.”
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Today we're wearing blue to stand with with survivors of human trafficking. #WearBlueDay #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
If you or someone you know is a survivor, our hotline is open. 📞 212-335-3400. https://t.co/fxeEwdq9RC https://t.co/o5egiB364d
This is a great news for New York State. Our office ended the routine prosecution of marijuana possession and smoking and has advocated for the legalization of marijuana for years. https://t.co/D475iTHiMO
Today, D.A. Vance and 60 prosecutors from across the U.S. condemned the armed insurrection at the Capitol, those who incited it, and the profound racial inequity on display. Read the statement ⏩ https://t.co/2TFycNg4FD https://t.co/sfFxNX3Rex
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