A veteran prosecutor who used to work in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is seeking to topple current DA Alvin Bragg. Diana Florence said she will run on an independent “Safer ...

Alvin L. Bragg, the Democrat who has been Manhattan’s district attorney since 2022, is facing a sole primary challenger in the race to lead one of the country’s largest prosecutors’ offices.

That’s why Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Day One memo, which bars prosecuting fare evasion, resisting arrest, and other misdemeanors, is indefensible.