NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell joined police unions in pouncing on new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s resolution to prosecute fewer low-level offenses, arguing that prescription would lead to more crime.
Mr. Bragg’s 6-page memo, distributed to staff Jan. 3, directs prosecutors to stop prosecutions of nonpayment of subway or bus fares, prostitution, common traffic violations, some resisting-arrest charges and other minor offenses.
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