district attorney Archives

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“The district attorney decides who to charge with crimes, what crimes to charge, what length of sentence to seek, and what, if any, alternatives to incarceration they will offer. Despite…

ByClaire Stottlemyer 0Comments

08

Mar 2021

Government News

The Policy Shop: Gender Crimes, Court Backlogs and Racial Equity

The latest proposals from NYC candidates running for mayor and Manhattan district attorney.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

17

Dec 2020

Government Justice News

Manhattan DA Candidate Pitches Crackdown on Wage Theft

Alvin Bragg says prosecutors need to use criminal laws and surveillance techniques—and be willing to put employers behind bars.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

24

Nov 2020

Government Justice

DA Hopeful Plans to Use Forfeiture Money to Fund Mental Health Services

Janos Marton’s plan would pump $50 million a year to community-based providers in hopes of keeping people with mental illness out of police cars, courthouse lockups and jail cells.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

05

Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

Diana Florence says landlords who game the rent-regulation system ought to face criminal sanctions.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

21

Jun 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Queens DA Primary is a Chance for Truly Bold Change

The prospect of a public defender running a DA’s office breaks the tradition of prosecutors steering that ship.

ByErica González 2Comments

20

Jun 2019

Government Justice Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA

The 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney is anything but drowsy, because it embodies the yawning gap between yesterday’s mainstream thinking on criminal justice and today’s.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

01

Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: More Transparency Needed on Brooklyn’s Tainted Convictions

‘For the first time, the DA’s office released a public report on an overturned conviction. Yet while it describes the police investigation, trial and subsequent findings in considerable detail, the…

ByTheodore Hamm 1Comment

31

Oct 2017

Government

Your Guide to Who is Running in Every 2017 Race

From the race for mayor to the contests for Council, from borough president to district attorney, be it a judicial race or the run for a vacant state legislative seat,…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Aug 2017

Justice

Poll Shows Brooklyn DA Race to be Wide Open

Acting DA Eric Gonzalez leads the field of Democratic primary candidates but more than two in five voters remain undecided, according to a poll by one of the campaigns bringing…

ByTheodore Hamm 2Comments

Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged

The Policy Shop: Gender Crimes, Court Backlogs and Racial Equity

Manhattan DA Candidate Pitches Crackdown on Wage Theft

DA Hopeful Plans to Use Forfeiture Money to Fund Mental Health Services

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

Opinion: Queens DA Primary is a Chance for Truly Bold Change

Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA

Opinion: More Transparency Needed on Brooklyn’s Tainted Convictions

Your Guide to Who is Running in Every 2017 Race

Poll Shows Brooklyn DA Race to be Wide Open

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