Early Cabán supporter wants to transform the Manhattan DA’s office
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The race for Manhattan District Attorney is nearly two years away, but the field to challenge current DA Cyrus Vance Jr. in June 2021 is already beginning to emerge.
Read MoreAn unprecedented court battle begins in the Queens DA primary. Here’s what to expect.
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Cabán and Katz’s razor-thin margin prompted the borough’s first manual recount since ballot scanners were introduced in 2010.
Read MoreNYC’s DAs differ on vacating old gravity knife convictions
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“The statute does not have retroactive language. These convictions are presumed valid.”
Read MoreAOC talks sex work decriminalization and Queens DA race at Elmhurst market
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Ocasio-Cortez spoke with the Eagle about the Queens district attorney race, the city’s plan for closing Rikers Island and the movement to decriminalize sex work.
Read MoreRecount complete, Queens DA primary heads to court
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Borough President Melinda Katz prevailed in the recount, pulling ahead of public defender Tiffany Cabán by 60 votes; Katz entered the recount leading by 16.
Read MoreElection board’s partisan make-up is grounded in state constitution
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Melinda Katz leads Tiffany Cabán by 60 votes, with court challenges looming.
Read MoreSomething just went down near the BJ’s in Middle Village
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“Someone came in asking me the other day if I knew where the DA thing was. I didn’t know what they were talking about.”
Read MoreNext DA can do more for immigrants, advocates and attorneys say
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“We live in Queens — the world’s borough, where about half our residents are immigrants — and to work with this community and to serve this community and yet not effectively serve half of this community, it just doesn’t make sense.”
Read MoreAdvocates to rally for voting rights law outside Cuomo’s office
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“Dozens of voters are at risk of disenfranchisement in the Democratic primary.”
Read MoreKatz and Cabán pledge conviction review as 'flimsy' 1993 murder case returns to Queens court
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“Flimsy convictions, for both violent crimes and less serious charges, reinforce the overcriminalization of our black and brown communities.”
Read MoreQueens DA primary recount probably won't start until Monday, BOE says
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“We’re halfway there but we still have a long way to go.”
Read MoreFinal vote count underway to determine Democratic nominee for Queens DA
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“We have a lot of paper to be counted.”
Read MoreFinal vote count begins today in Queens DA primary
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There are 3,552 absentee ballots left to tally.
Read MoreEchoes of the past, 64 years after last contested Queens DA primary
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“Queens County is the scene of the most outstanding election fight of the year,” the Times wrote in 1955.
Read MoreQueens ADAs celebrate legacy of late-Judge Brown
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“I’ve been 47 years in this office. I won’t repeat what my first day was like, but I assure you, if you think things are unsettled now, they’re actually calm compared to 47 years ago,.”
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