Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Chaz Reyes, 31, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for…
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jorge Samaniego, 51, has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide for causing…
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Edson Giron Figueroa, 19, has been charged with murder, attempted robbery and…
"As the District Attorney, I will fight to achieve fairness in the criminal justice system. Whatever your ethnicity, background, immigration status or economic means; whether you are a third-generation Queens resident or someone who came here yesterday to provide your family a better life; whatever your gender identification or sexual orientation, Justice must always look the same. All too often, it does not. Will you join my fight?"#N#Katz graduated from the University of Massachusetts and earned her law degree from St. John's School of Law. After completing internships in the Southern District of New York and the Legal Aid Society, she served in the state Assembly and the New York City Council. Katz also worked in private practice with the firms of Weil Gotshal and Greenberg Traurig. Katz was elected Queens borough president in 2013 and won re-election in 2017. She said that she "has succeeded in her career because she’s always been willing to listen, to break from the practices and limitations of the past, and to work hand-in-hand with community leaders on the challenges they face and then create effective change. And that’s why her experience makes her uniquely qualified to be our next District Attorney."
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz (D) defeated public defender Tiffany Caban and five other candidates in the June 25, 2019, Democratic primary for Queens District Attorney. While Caban appeared to be the first-place finisher on election night, Katz appeared to be the first-place finisher after mail-in ballots were counted.
The county government of Queens County does not have a county seat as one of the five boroughs of New York City. Queens County is the state designation for the Borough of Queens. The county was first established in 1683. It covers a total of 108.5 square miles in eastern New York.
0.81%. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New York with 59 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 36.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, New York voted Democratic 45.6 percent of the time and Republican 35 percent of the time.
The president is responsible for making budget recommendations to the mayor of New York, proposing legislation in the New York City Council, appointing borough representatives to commissions and boards, and holding public hearings on borough issues.
Tiffany Cabán, a public defender and first-time candidate, led Queens borough president Melinda Katz and four other candidates after in-person votes were counted. However, on July 5, 2019, election officials said Katz pulled ahead in the final count, triggering a recount.
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As of 11:30 pm, June 25, 2019, Tiffany Cabán held a 1.3% lead over Melinda Katz, with 99.5% of the precincts reporting. Katz promised a recount. After absentee and provisional ballots were counted, the lead had switched to Katz 34,898 votes to Cabán's 34,878, pending another recount and challenge of provisional votes promised by Cabán's campaign. Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner by 60 votes on July 29.
Daniel Kogan won the Republican primary unopposed. Kogan accepted a nomination to become a judge, and stepped aside. The Republican party replaced him as their candidate for district attorney with Joe Murray in August 2019.