{"id":167628,"date":"2021-02-01T01:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/most-manhattan-da-candidates-care-most-for-protecting-criminals\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T01:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T22:34:31","slug":"most-manhattan-da-candidates-care-most-for-protecting-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-manhattan-da-candidates-care-most-for-protecting-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Most Manhattan DA candidates care most for protecting . . . criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Most Manhattan DA candidates care most for protecting . . . criminals<\/strong>”
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Manhattan will be getting a lot less safe if Democratic primary voters embrace any of the more criminal-friendly candidates to replace New York County District Attorney Cy Vance.<\/p>\n

Vance hasn\u2019t said he\u2019s not running, but he\u2019s raised little cash for a campaign \u2014 and looks vulnerable enough that a host of candidates have jumped into the race.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve complained about his overly soft app<\/a>roach, particularly regarding quality-of-life violations. But most of his eight would-be successors want to pave the way for lawlessness and violence even worse than what\u2019s now plaguing the city.<\/p>\n

Most of the eight, for example, brag about all the crimes they won\u2019t<\/em> prosecute. <\/p>\n

Eliza Orlins, a public defender for 10 years, vows to \u201cdiscontinue the prosecution of low-level offenses\u201d and \u201cdecriminalize\u201d prostitution. (And never mind that decriminalization is a job for lawmakers, not prosecutors.) And though NYPD funding cuts last year contributed to a doubling of shootings and 40 percent more murders, she says the department should be slashed another 50 percent \u2014 and the DA\u2019s office shrunk, too.<\/p>\n

Assemblyman Dan Quart decries \u201cmass arrests\u201d and wants to end \u201csurveillance-based gang prosecutions.\u201d He proudly boasts 18 offenses<\/em> he won\u2019t prosecute \u2014 trespassing, resisting arrest, the \u201cvast majority of welfare fraud and possession of stolen property,\u201d etc. \u2014 regardless of what the law says. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

At least two wannabes seem relatively<\/em> sane: Tali Farhadian Weinstein, a former counsel to Obama Attorney General<\/a> Eric Holder and a clear progressive, won\u2019t give up her right to prosecute low-level offenses or cite other crimes she won\u2019t go after.<\/p>\n

Liz Crotty, who knows the system both as a prosecutor and defense attorney and is the daughter of former city Corp. Counsel Paul Crotty, stresses the need for \u201cNew Yorkers to feel safe while returning to their normal lives.\u201d Safety, she notes, is \u201cthe cornerstone\u201d of the city\u2019s success. Sadly, such words are rarely heard from a New York pol these days.<\/p>\n

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea singles out soft-on-crime prosecutors, along with judges, for much of 2020\u2019s alarming spike in violence. If Manhattanites don\u2019t want to see crime keep rising, they\u2019d best choose a DA who actually spares a thought for crime victims.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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