The conviction rate of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped significantly since he took office yet information remains hard to find as the DA’s office put its data dashboard “under construction.”
Thirty-five percent of felony cases ended in convictions in 2024, down from the 37 percent reported in 2023, the New York Post (NYP) reported, citing data from the state Division of Criminal Justice. In 2022 and 2021, the conviction rates were 40 percent and 42 percent respectively. In 2019, 64 percent of felonies resulted in a conviction, the Post reported.
Bragg was sworn in to office in 2022 and made history as the first black Manhattan DA.
The outlet found that 66 percent of the time that the prosecutor’s office won a conviction, the charge was then downgraded to a non-criminal violation or a misdemeanor.
The number of felony cases that Bragg has refused to prosecute has increased since he assumed office. The number rose from seven percent in 2022 to 12 percent in 2024, the NYP reported.
Records found that misdemeanor convictions also decreased, dropping to 17 percent in 2024 from 24 percent in 2022, the outlet noted. Data reportedly indicated Bragg decided not to prosecute 31 percent of misdemeanors in 2024, up from nine percent in 2022 and 19 percent in 2023.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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