Overview
- The Associated Press called the race with Bragg at about 74% of the vote, defeating Republican Maud Maron and independent Diana Florence.
- Florence ran on the Safer Manhattan ballot line with support from Knicks owner James Dolan, while Maron pledged to roll back what she labeled soft-on-crime policies.
- Bragg campaigned on combating gun violence and hate crimes with expanded resources for sex-crime prosecutions.
- His first-term Day 1 memo directed prosecutors to avoid prison in some cases and to reduce certain felony charges, drawing immediate backlash.
- Notable cases under his tenure include the 2024 conviction of President Donald Trump for falsified business records, now on appeal, the dropped Jose Alba manslaughter case, and the Daniel Penny prosecution that ended in acquittal.