Gov. Kathy Hochul said she laid down the law to embattled Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, telling him that “safety and justice must go hand-in-hand” during a private meeting Friday afternoon.
The sit-down in Hochul’s Manhattan office came after she put Bragg on notice earlier this week that she had the power to remove him from office over his controversial, soft-on-crime policies.
“My highest priority is protecting the safety of New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a prepared statement afterward.
“I reiterated my belief that safety and justice must go hand-in-hand.”
Hochul also said she would “continue to work with all of our District Attorneys, Mayor [Eric] Adams, the
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