Controversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is heavily favored to win re-election next year despite being seen as soft on crime — and critics say that could make New York City a laughing stock.
No Democrat has emerged thus far to challenge Bragg in the June 25 Democratic primary.
Republicans will field a credible candidate, said state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — but pundits predict that any GOP nominee will still face daunting odds in liberal Manhattan, even with Bragg’s reputation as being soft on quality-of-life and street crimes.
Some analysts added that New York will be a national joke if Bragg, who has been in office a turbulent three years, coasts to re-election.
“The Democrats have lost their minds,” veteran political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said of the DA’s supporters. “Bragg’s re-election will tell the rest of the country that New Yorkers are crazy and we don’t punish people who endanger police officers and citizens.”