Meet Alvin Bragg’s long-shot opponent

In 2021, Alvin Bragg ran in an eight-way primary that divided Democrats, squeaking out a win by a few points.

The Manhattan district attorney is in a markedly more bullish position heading into Tuesday, but a long-shot challenger backed by former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly is hoping to elbow his way in.

Patrick Timmins, a civil litigator, law professor, and ex-Bronx prosecutor who’s the sole Bragg rival in the June 24 election, told me he was surprised to learn this fall that Bragg was unopposed in the primary. “I said, ‘Then I’m jumping in!’” Timmins said. “We need drastic ...