City business leaders grilled Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a virtual meeting — with some blaming his policies for contributing to fears that the Big Apple is growing unsafe.
when she was randomly pushed into the path of an oncoming subway train in Times Square less than a week ago, sources said.A retailer also told Bragg that crime is so bad in New York City that he’s installing the same type of security here that is used in his stores in violence-wracked Caracas, Venezuela, sources said.
Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of Partnership for New York City, said that the Zoom call “relieved a lot of anxiety.”Speakers flung questions at Bragg, who has been under scrutiny since taking office for what critics say is aMany of the business leaders focused on concerns about a spate of violence in the transit system, calling safety on the subways a bigger concern than COVID-19.
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of private equity company Blackstone, said it was difficult to get people to come back to work in person “unless they feel safe, and they don’t feel safe.”and gun possession. But the DA didn’t back away from his theme of social justice, saying that must be balanced with public safety.
Since issuing the memo, Bragg has said he should have offered more context to it to have smoothed out what has been a shaky first few weeks on the job.
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