Press Releases
D.A. Bragg Announces Prison Sentence of Lower East Side Laundromat Stabber 
“Dwight Williams attacked a fellow New Yorker who was doing his job. We want everyone to feel at home in this borough and we will hold accountable anyone who carries out disturbing attacks like this one,” said District Attorney Bragg.
D.A. Bragg Moves to Vacate Nearly 200 Convictions Tied to NYPD Members Convicted of Criminal Conduct
“Trust and confidence are essential to achieving public safety. New Yorkers must know that everyone is acting with the utmost integrity in the pursuit of equal justice under the law. Without that belief, our criminal justice system will never be able to deliver real and lasting safety that every community deserves,” said District Attorney Bragg.
D.A. Bragg Returns 192 Stolen Antiquities to Pakistan
"We will continue to pursue full accountability against Mr. Kapoor and his co-conspirators, who showed a blatant disregard for the cultural and historic significant of these antiquities,” said District Attorney Bragg.
Manhattan D.A.’s Office Freezes $1.3 Million in Cryptocurrency in Ten Months
“Using our blockchain analysis expertise, our investigators, prosecutors, and specialized cryptocurrency analysts were able to locate and freeze more than $1.3 million of stolen cryptocurrency in the past 10 months alone,” said D.A. Bragg. "While many of these cyberthieves are overseas and currently out of our reach, the cryptocurrency they stole is not."
D.A. Bragg Announces Murder Charges Against Man who Fatally Shot Mom’s Ex-Partner
“This was a non-sensical and horrific execution-style murder of a father of two,” said District Attorney Bragg. “We will continue to use every lever possible to prevent gun violence. I thank our prosecutors who share the unwavering commitment to holding those responsible for these crimes fully accountable for their actions.”
D.A. Bragg Returns 7th Century Antiquity to Cambodia
“This antiquity was callously ripped away from an ancient temple so it could be sold for profit,” said District Attorney Bragg. “After it was illegally circulating on the art market and in a private collection for years, our Antiquities Trafficking Unit, in collaboration with our law enforcement partners, are finally returning this piece home.”
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D.A. Bragg sat down with @gothamist to discuss the past year in Manhattan, highlighting that gun and hate crimes prosecutions are up, while murders and shootings are down. Learn more about the issues we will be tackling in 2023: https://t.co/VlDtKjby1k
NEW: We are excited to announce that Matthew Colangelo is joining the office today as Senior Counsel. Matthew joins us from @TheJusticeDept & will focus on our housing & labor cases as well as the office’s most high-profile white-collar investigations. https://t.co/3rEqu0XLf2
Today we hosted a gun buyback at Gethsemane Garden Baptist Church in the Lower East Side with @nypdnews. With their help we were able to take in a total of 16 guns. Thank you to everyone who participated and for helping us keep our streets safe. https://t.co/FojBmpBN4q
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