Citizens Union Civic Conversation with Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. - Wednesday, December 6

 

FEATURING Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. is the 37th District Attorney elected in Manhattan. A son of Harlem who has served as both a state and federal prosecutor, Alvin has spent more than two decades fighting to make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer. He is the first Black Manhattan DA in the history of the office. Since taking office, Alvin has increased gun prosecutions, focused on gun traffickers and ghost gun manufacturers, and charged and secured convictions for numerous armed robberies, shootings, and homicides. Alvin also created a new Special Victims Division, which includes the Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Bureau, and the Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, and Elder Abuse Units; and expanded the Hate Crimes Unit with additional prosecutors, investigators, analysts, victim services staff and community partnership coordinators. Prior to his election as DA, Alvin served as an Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General’s Office and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In these roles, Alvin handled a wide array of criminal cases, including armed robbery, assault, gun possession, witness tampering, narcotics and gun trafficking, wage and hour violations, public corruption, money laundering, and antitrust violations.  Alvin also served in the State AG’s Office as the Chief Deputy Attorney General, overseeing the office’s criminal and civil investigations and litigation, including health care fraud, public corruption, narcotics trafficking, wage-and-hour investigations, tenant harassment, and securities fraud. MODERATED BY: John Avlon John Avlon is an author, columnist and commentator and a senior political analyst and fill-in anchor at CNN. He was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast from 2013-2018.  He is the author of the books Lincoln and the Fight for Peace, Independent Nation, Wingnuts, and Washington’s Farewell as well as co-editor of the acclaimed Deadline Artists journalism anthologies. RSVP HERE - SPACES ARE LIMITED! This event will be livestreamed.