{"id":393645,"date":"2022-01-13T21:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-detectives-union-calls-for-hochul-to-replace-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T21:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:48:56","slug":"nyc-detectives-union-calls-for-hochul-to-replace-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-detectives-union-calls-for-hochul-to-replace-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC detectives union calls for Hochul to replace Manhattan DA Alvin Braggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC detectives union calls for Hochul to replace Manhattan DA Alvin Braggs<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The head of the New York City Police Department detectives\u2019 union urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>oint a special prosecutor if Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg refuses to enforce the law in criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association president Paul DiGiacomo, in a letter to the governor dated Wednesday, asked her to \u201cintervene and appoint a special prosecutor to oversee those matters in which the Manhattan District Attorney fails to abide by his sworn oath of office and declines to prosecute or downgrades violent felony offenses in order to advance his personal, unsafe, reckless, and personal agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiGiacomo referenced Bragg\u2019s Jan. 3 memo to his prosecutors urging them to decline to prosecute some non-violent cases and to downgrade various felony crimes to misdemeanors, including certain armed robberies.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is already being seen put in action as The Post has reported earlier this week on a case of a robber wielding a knife being downgraded from a felony to a lesser misdemeanor charge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gov-hochul.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Kathy Hochul\" class=\"wp-image-20823022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gov-hochul.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gov-hochul.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/gov-hochul.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The New York City Police Department detectives union is calling for Gov. Kathy Hochul to appoint a special prosecutor to replace Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in cases where he will decline to enforce the law. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Don Pollard\/Office of Governor H<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDistrict Attorney Bragg was elected to enforce the law, not to make new law,\u201d DiGiacomo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, the Constitution of the State of New York obligates the governor to ensure the laws of the State of New York are faithfully and fully executed. It is incumbent on all of us in law enforcement to ensure that the safety and well-being of all New Yorkers is our primary goal,\u201d DiGiacomo said.<\/p>\n<p>The union leader appealed to Hochul to \u201cdo the right thing\u201d and make sure Bragg is complying with the law.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/digiacomo-1b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD Detectives Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo\" class=\"wp-image-20823042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/digiacomo-1b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/digiacomo-1b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/digiacomo-1b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD Detectives Endowment Association president Paul DiGiacomo in a letter urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to ensure Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is complying with the law. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bragg, through a spokesman, dismissed the detectives\u2019 union criticism as \u201cpolitical grandstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDA Alvin Bragg was elected overwhelmingly by the people of Manhattan. Informed by his lived experience and 20-year record as a prosecutor, he\u2019s doing the work to make us safer and the system more just \u2014 and won\u2019t be distracted by the political grandstanding of others,\u201d said Bragg senior adviser Richard Fife.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul had no im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bragg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.\" class=\"wp-image-20823069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bragg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bragg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bragg.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has attracted controversy for his policy of not prosecuting certain crimes and downgrading others. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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