Alvin Bragg Set to Become Manhattan’s First Black District Attorney. Alvin Bragg is set to become the first Black district attorney of Manhattan following his victory in the Democratic primary over Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who sank millions of dollars of her personal fortune into the race, and a slew of progressive criminal justice reformers.
During the race, candidates jockeyed over the degrees to which they would prosecute — or decline to prosecute — certain low-level offenses. Bragg staked out a position as a reformer with prosecutorial experience who would not resort to the extreme measures that other candidates promoted.