Exclusive | Controversial NYC DA Alvin Bragg favored to win re-election: New Yorkers are crazy
Controversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is heavily favored to win re-election next year despite being seen as soft on crime — and critics say that could make New York City a laughing stock.No Democrat has emerged thus far to challenge Bragg in the June 25 Democratic primary.Republicans will field a credible candidate, said state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — but pundits predict that any GOP nominee will still face daunting odds in liberal Manhattan, even with Bragg’s reputation as being soft on quality-of-life and street crimes.Some analysts added that New York will be a national joke if Bragg, who has been in office a turbulent three years, coasts to re-election.“The Democrats have lost their minds,” veteran political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said of the DA’s supporters.
“Bragg’s re-election will tell the rest of the country that New Yorkers are crazy and we don’t punish people who endanger police officers and citizens.”Even in heavily blue California, fed-up voters tossed out lefty like-minded DAs: ex-San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin in 2022 and Los Angeles DA George Gascon and Alameda County prosecutor Pamela Price on Nov.5.“Even San Francisco has been normalized compared to New York,” Sheinkopf said.Ken Frydman, a longtime rep for NYPD unions, said, “I’m tired of toothpaste being locked up at CVS.
“Alvin Bragg should have a Democratic primary opponent.San Francisco and Los Angeles voted out their soft-on-crime district attorneys.
Manhattan should do the same.”Bragg made national headlines by winning a criminal conviction against President-elect Donald Trump for fudging records in the Stormy Daniel hush money case.Trump and Republican allies argued it was a partisan prosecution, while Democrats hailed it It remains to be seen whether the verdict will stick or be tossed with Trump returning to the White House on Jan.
20.But Bragg’s prosecution of Trump all but assures his re-election among Manhattanites, a campaign s...