Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg spent much of his first term trying to show skeptics that a progressive prosecutor could handle violent crime. Now, with murders down, he says he’s expanding his work in financial crimes.
“We’re charged with fighting crime from the streets to the suites, particularly when you’re situated where we are in the center of commerce,” Bragg said in an interview with Bloomberg Law.
The recent improvement in public safety in Manhattan and citywide — with shootings and other major violent crimes falling — is allowing Bragg to rethink how he organizes his office, he said.
“The …