justice-department” target=”_blank”>Alvin Bragg< won nearly 34% of the vote, compared with Ms. Farhadian Weinstein’s 30%, a lead of about 7,000 ballots. The New York City Board of Elections has been counting absentee ballots since then.
“We made history,” Mr. Bragg said. “I promise that I will never stop working to bring the change that New York’s criminal justice system so desperately needs.”
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Another looming issue is New York City’s rise in violent crime.
justice-department” target=”_blank”>Mr. Bragg< competed against a historically diverse field of candidates seeking to succeed incumbent Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. , a Democrat who didn’t run for a fourth term. The position has been held by just two white men—Mr. Vance and Robert Morgenthau—for the past 45 years.
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Ms. Farhadian Weinstein, one of four women who entered the race with prosecutorial experience, campaigned on a progressive vision that also acknowledged the need to promote public safety and prosecute violent and gender-based crime.
“I remain immensely proud of what we accomplished,” said Ms. Farhadian Weinstein, a formerjustice-department” target=”_blank”> Justice Department < will be a favorite heading into the general election against Republican nominee, Thomas Kenniff.
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