ALVIN BRAGG HOUSE JUDICIARY HEARING | BARRY BORGEN OPENING STATEMENT

Barry Borgen is the father of Joseph Borgen, who was attacked and brutally beaten in an anti-Semitic attack near Times Square in 2021. Joseph Borgen’s attackers later cut plea deals with Bragg’s office.

“I sit here in front of the committee with the two-year anniversary of the attack rapidly approaching to speak of the ongoing struggle with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,” the elder Borgen said.

“While the delays and continued hold-ups in the legal case are discouraging, it is the sweetheart slap-on-the-wrist deal offered to one of the attackers in my son’s case that is exemplary of DA Bragg’s incompetence when it comes to carrying out justice,” he told the committee.