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Alvin Bragg elected fi rst Black Manhattan DA
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Alvin Bragg won the election to
become Manhattan’s next district
attorney Tuesday, Nov. 2, making
history as the fi rst Black man to hold one of
the nation’s most high-profi le prosecutorial
offi ces.
The Harlemite and former prosecutor
for the State Attorney General’s offi ce got
83.51% of the vote with 154,181 ballots
cast for him, beating Republican opponent
Thomas Kenniff, who garnered 16.34%
and 30,163 votes, with 87.14 % of scanners
reporting Tuesday night.
“We have been given a profound trust
tonight. To whom much is given, much is
required,” Bragg said, quoting scripture,
at his election night party at the Harlem
Tavern on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
“The fundamental of the district attorney is
to guarantee both fairness and safety, that
is the trust that’s been given to me on the
ballot.”
Bragg said he would fi rst focus on a
surge in gun violence and the humanitarian
crisis on Rikers Island.
“We’re going to decarcerate safely in a
Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg celebrates his victory in
Harlem on Nov. 2.
way that’s going to uplift our communities
and create a path forward safely for all of
us,” he said.
In deep-blue Manhattan, Bragg’s victory
is unsurprising and he will take over from
incumbent DA Cyrus Vance as Manhattan’s
top prosecutor, who has held the
offi ce since 2009, who he said had already
PHOTO BY KEVIN DUGGAN
reached out to him to congratulate him on
his victory.
Kenniff, a Long Island defense lawyer
and Iraq veteran, ran on a tough-on-crime
platform, criticizing New York State’s bail
reform laws as too lax.
In a statement on social media, Kenniff
congratulated Bragg on his victory.
“I’d like to congratulate @AlvinBraggNYC
on his historic victory tonight. While
we may have competing visions on the role
of DA, we are aligned in our commitment
to public safety and a fair criminal justice
system. I wish him nothing but success
as he takes the reins of DA,” he wrote on
Twitter.
Bragg previously came out on top in
an eight-way Democratic primary in June
touting his experience as a prosecutor overseeing
notable cases such as the state suing
disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein,
as well as leading a unit investigating police
killings of unarmed civilians.
The Manhattan offi ce is tasked with
some very high profi le cases, such as an
ongoing investigation into former President
Donald Trump.
Bragg previously served as the chief
deputy attorney general in New York State
and an assistant US Attorney in New York’s
Southern District.
The new DA has pledged to create a unit
to investigate police misconduct, overhaul
the DA’s sex crimes unit, and reform treatment
of people struggling from substance
abuse.
ELECTION RESULTS
Citywide races
Mayor
��-Eric Adams (D) 676,481 (66.41%)
Curtis Sliwa (R) 284,517 (27.82%)
Scanners reported: 97.76%
Public Advocate
��-Jumaane Williams (D) (incumbent) 668,385
(67.62%)
Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil (R) 234,633 (23.74%)
Scanners reported: 97.76%
Comptroller
��-Brad Lander (D) 674,229 (68.65%)
Daby Benjamine (R) 233,328 (23.76%)
Scanners reported: 97.76%
Local races
Manhattan borough president
��-Mark Levine (D) 193,075 (84.54%)
Louis Puliafito (R/I) 30,567 (13.38%)
Scanners reported: 97.49%
Manhattan district attorney
��-Alvin Bragg (D) 182,828 (83.19%)
Thomas Kenniff (R) 36,597 (16.65%)
Scanners reported: 97.49%
City Council District 1
Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial
District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo,
SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa &
Washington Square
��-Christopher Marte (D) 15,055 (71.41%)
Jacqueline Toboroff (R) 2,945 (13.97%)
Maud Maron (I) 3,041 (14.42%)
Scanners reported: 98.5%
City Council District 2
East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East
Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill
��-Carlina Rivera (D) (incumbent) 16,406 (79.32%)
Juan Pagan (I) 1,743 (8.43%)
Allie Ryan (I) 2,434 (11.77%)
Scanners reported: 95.68%
City Council District 3
Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Greenwich Village, West
SoHo, Hudson Square, Times Square, Garment District,
Flatiron, Upper West Side
��-Erik Bottcher (D)
Bottcher ran unopposed for the seat held by outgoing
Speaker Corey Johnson.
City Council District 4
Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Yorkville, Central
Park South, Midtown East, Times Square, Koreatown,
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Waterside
Plaza, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Sutton Place
��-Keith Powers (D) (incumbent) 18,285 (73.9%)
David Kasavis (R) 6,421 (25.95%)
Scanners reported: 96.83%
City Council District 5
Upper East Side’s Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill,
Roosevelt Island, Midtown East, Sutton Place, El Barrio
in East Harlem
��-Julie Menin (D) 20,216 (74.18%)
Mark Foley (R) 6,943 (25.48%)
Scanners reported: 96.75%
City Council District 6
Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side,
Clinton
��-Gale Brewer (D) 30,076 (86.21%)
Nancy Sliwa (R) 4,634 (13.28%)
Scanners reported: 98.84%
City Council District 7
Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside
Heights, Hamilton Heights
��-Shaun Abreu (D) 18,250 (88.75%)
Jomo Manual Williams (I) 684 (3.33%)
Carmen Quinones (I) 1,507 (7.33%)
Scanners reported: 99%
City Council District 8
El Barrio/East Harlem, Mott Haven, Highbridge,
Concourse, Longwood, Port Morris
��-Diana Ayala (D) (incumbent)
Ayala ran unopposed for re-election.
City Council District 9
Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West
Side, East Harlem
��-Kristin Richardson Joy (D) 22,419 (93.87%)
Alphesus Marcus 1,369 (R) (5.73%)
Scanners reported: 97.6%
City Council District 10
Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill
��-Carmen De La Rosa (D) 16,404 (85.72%)
Edwin de La Cruz (R) 2,543 (13.29%)
Scanners reported: 99%
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