{"id":48556,"date":"2022-11-27T21:21:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-52-felonies-to-misdemeanors-48556"},"modified":"2022-11-27T21:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:21:34","slug":"new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-52-felonies-to-misdemeanors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-52-felonies-to-misdemeanors-48556","title":{"rendered":"New York City DA Bragg downgrades 52% felonies to misdemeanors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City\u2019s<\/a> district attorney downgraded 52% of all felony cases so far in 2022 to misdemeanors, compared to the 39% downgraded in 2019, according to data posted the DA\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, District Attorney Alvin Bragg ran on a campaign in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal justice reform<\/a>, promising to uphold changes to the law that allows cash bail for violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg won his campaign and took office on Jan. 1, and just days later, he released a &#8220;Day One&#8221; memo to staff directing them to downgrade certain felonies, including armed robberies of commercial businesses, and to no longer seek jail time for many serious offenses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-crime-wave-gop-gov-nominee-lee-zeldin-first-act-firing-alvin-bragg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEW YORK CRIME WAVE: GOP GOV NOMINEE LEE ZELDIN SAYS FIRST ACT WILL BE FIRING ALVIN BRAGG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell, at the time, wrote in a leaked email that Bragg\u2019s policies could endanger the public and undermine justice for victims.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD\u2019s latest crime statistic reports show that overall crimes are up 27.6%, with 112,755 reported so far in 2022 compared to 88,394 reported during the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>During the same period, there was a reported 13.2% increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felony assaults<\/a>, with a jump from 20,563 to 23,270 this year; rapes increased from 1,336 to 1,471; robberies from 12,033 to 15,639; and transit crimes from 1,316 to 1,865.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/alvin-bragg-liberal-das-turned-criminal-justice-system-head-former-police-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ALVIN BRAGG, LIBERAL DAS \u2018TURNED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON ITS HEAD,&#8217; SAYS FORMER NYC POLICE COMMISSIONER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Murders in the Big Apple are down from 432 to 372, and shootings are down from 1,688 to 1,438.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg, according to data on his website, and his department declined to prosecute 35% more felony cases than in 2019, factoring in the court system\u2019s delays in prosecuting cases from 2020-22.<\/p>\n<p>The DA\u2019s report also shows bail was requested for 2,518 felony cases so far in 2022, compared to 3,848, in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/DOWNLOAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest statistics come as crime continues to surge in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-52-felonies-misdemeanors-reports\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-york-city-da-bragg-downgrades-52-felonies-misdemeanors-reports <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s district attorney downgraded 52% of all felony cases so far in 2022 to misdemeanors, compared to the 39% downgraded in 2019, according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-48556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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