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Manhattan DA discusses community engagement and youth programs
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg outlines Manhattan's approach to community engagement and youth programs, emphasizing partnerships and presence in the community.
- Bragg mentions community offices in Harlem and Washington Heights
- He discusses partnerships with crisis management and cure violence organizations
- Bragg continues the Saturday Night Lights program started by his predecessor
- He highlights collaborations with City Council members on youth-focused events and initiatives
- Bragg emphasizes the importance of engaging with youth in community settings rather than in courtrooms
Alvin Bragg
6:50:25
So I'll just add a little bit.
6:50:27
I think D.
6:50:28
A.
6:50:28
Katz said it well talking about I don't want people to see me for the first time down here.
6:50:32
We have a Harlem office and a Washington Heights office, which are very active in addition to sort of the pure community partnership work that we're doing.
6:50:41
This is for everyone.
6:50:43
We're also strategically engaging with crisis management and cure violence around areas where we know we need to diffuse things, and those partnerships have been really shouldn't call them partnerships.
6:50:52
Our our respect for their independent work has been very important.
6:50:56
You know, my my office under my predecessor, you started the Saturday Night Lights program.
6:51:00
We continue to what's that?
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Well, I I I I I have to explain it.
Althea Stevens
6:51:05
I hate it.
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Everybody knows it.
6:51:07
I hate it.
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I have my own issues.
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I'm a real youth developer.
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I have serious issues with it, but I understand the purpose.
Alvin Bragg
6:51:11
Right.
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Un understood.
6:51:13
And then I mentioned the and I just wanna wanna sort of just close by saluting Councilmembers Brewer and Salaam, because a lot of what we're doing is in partnership with the members who are doing so much as well, so partnering.
6:51:25
So I mentioned the chair and I were with the youth group.
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All of the anti gun grants we did, they reported back.
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So we were together, and it's just great to be with him out with these great, beautiful young people presenting on these substantive projects.
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I'm thinking about an event that Councilmember Brewer does every year in the summer, was a big block party and there's youth games, and it's important for me to be there engaging.
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So I just want to salute them.
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I know The Bronx is great too in Manhattan.
6:51:55
No, pick up your borough.
Jonathan Darche
6:51:56
Can go right ahead.
Alvin Bragg
6:51:57
In Manhattan, just privileged to work.
6:52:00
Specifically, so to point out the council members because the work we're doing, I'm very excited about it and I can bite on more of it, but I think what I'm most excited about is those partnerships and doing it together.