With Alvin Bragg’s re-election under a Mayor Mamdani, ‘justice’ in NYC is about to get worse
By Rafael A. Mangual
Published Nov. 5, 2025, 6:39 p.m. ET
While Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has gotten the lion’s share of the media attention these last several weeks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quietly sailed through his reelection bid, securing more than 70% of the vote.
Bragg’s win reflects a bucking of what some might have been tempted to call a national trend of so-called “progressive” prosecutors around the country being made to suffer the electoral consequences of going soft on crime.
Recent examples include LA’s George Gascón, Oakland’s Pamela Price, San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin, and Athens, Ga.’s Deborah Gonzalez, defeated in the wake of Laken Riley’s murder.
Bragg has drawn an enormous amount of criticism since first taking office — largely in response to his infamous “Day One” memo outlining his vision for prosecuting (and not prosecuting) criminals in Manhattan.
Yet his 2025 vote total was more than three times the share secured by his closest challenger, Maud Maron, who received just 20% of the votes cast.
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