“My heart goes out for this hard-working, honest New Yorker that was doing his job,” the mayor said.
languishing on Rikers Island on $250,000 bail after he fatally stabbed a violent ex-con while trying to fend off an attack.
Alba’s family insists he was acting in self-defense when he grabbed a knife to fight off Simon inside the Hamilton Heights Grocery. Surveillance footage showed Simon storming behind the counter, where he menaced and assaulted the employee.
Adams stressed that he is not allowed to give commands to local prosecutors, and refrained from explicitly weighing in on the charges Alba was slapped with and amount of bail set. The mayor, however, does oversee the NYPD, which also charged the clerk with murder. Bragg has faced backlash over Alba’s case after his office brought the charges — and then pushed for $500,000 bail.
She added, “He’s never hurt anybody. He’s never had an altercation where he had to defend himself. This is the first time for him.” “He’s at work, minding his own business and he is attacked,” Discioarro added. “He is the victim, and he’s sitting in Rikers.”
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