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Queens DA Candidates Champion Progressive Policies – Some More Than Others
It’s a remarkable moment in city politics. At forums with the seven candidates running to be the top law enforcement officer in the June 25th Queens Democratic primary, all of them told voters in...
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Queens DA Democratic Primary Race Heads to Recount
This story was originally published on July 3 by THE CITY.The Tiffany Cabán-Melinda Katz Democratic primary battle for Queens district attorney is headed for a recount — and a potential court...
View ArticleBrooklyn DA on Diversion Program
Eric Gonzalez, Kings County district attorney talks about the changing role of prosecutors and defends the diversion program that lets young offenders avoid jail for gun possession charges, but that...
View ArticleWhat Does Counting 90,000 Paper Ballots Sound Like? Inside the Queens DA...
A recount is underway in Queens for the district attorney primary race between Democratic establishment candidate Melinda Katz and progressive challenger Tiffany Cabán. It's a tight race being watched...
View ArticleKamala Harris, Progressive Prosecutor?
In major cities across the country — from Boston to Philadelphia to St. Louis— "progressive prosecutor" is an increasingly politically victorious label. The wave of electoral wins has generated passion...
View ArticleTiffany Cabán Concedes in Queens Democratic District Attorney Primary
The Democratic primary for Queens district attorney finally reached its end Tuesday, with public defender Tiffany Cabán conceding to Queens Borough President Melinda Katz after a judicial review of...
View ArticleMelinda Katz Is The New Queens District Attorney. And She's Inheriting Some...
The newly elected district attorney for Queens will be stepping into a job complicated by the conduct of her precessors.Borough President Melinda Katz won election to office this week, even as the...
View ArticleQueens DA Releases Secret List Of 65 Officers With Questionable Credibility
In response to a Freedom of Information Law [FOIL] request, Queens prosecutors have released internal records on 65 police officers whose honesty has been challenged by judges in court. The records...
View ArticleHow Do Prosecutors Decide When to Convict Cops?
Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, Truman Capote Fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged:...
View ArticleHow Far Will the New Queens DA go to Reform the Office?
George Joseph, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about his story on two longtime prosecutors in the Queens DA's office whose conviction of three men in the 90s was recently vacated, and George Joseph and...
View ArticleWall Street Has Chosen Its Candidate In The Heated Race for District...
New York City’s ultra-rich are lining up behind a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney, dumping piles of cash into the crowded race for one of the nation’s top law enforcement jobs. With the...
View ArticleCould There Be Too Many Progressives In Manhattan DA's Race For Their Own Good?
While New York City voters in the upcoming June 22nd primary will be able to rank their favorite candidates for citywide offices like mayor and comptroller, WNYC's Gwynne Hogan reports there's no rank...
View ArticleLarry Krasner's 'Progressive Prosecution'
Larry Krasner, Philadelphia district attorney, former civil rights and defense attorney, and author of the new book, For the People: A Story of Justice and Power (One World, 2021), talks about his...
View ArticleManhattan DA Race Heats Up
Rachel Holliday Smith, reporter for The City, and Gwynne Hogan, reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the latest news from the campaign trail for Manhattan district attorney.
View ArticleLarry Krasner's 'Progressive Prosecution'; Historian and Rutgers Pres....
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Larry Krasner's 'Progressive Prosecution'(First) | Rutgers Pres. Holloway on the Chauvin Verdict — and Vaccine Mandates (Starts at...
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Gwynne Hogan, a reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what she's seeing and hearing at polls around the city on primary election day.
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Juan Manuel Benitez, a reporter at NY1 and the host of PuraPolítica, reports on what he is seeing and hearing at the polls in Harlem. Plus, listeners call in to share who they voted for.
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, talks about what she is seeing at poll sites, answers last-minutes ranked choice voting questions and explains why the counting process will...
View ArticleThe First (Unofficial) Ranked-Choice Tally Results
Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum News NY1, host of Inside City Hall, Daily News columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide" joins to discuss the latest on the ranked-choice voting tally and...
View ArticleMeet the Manhattan DA Candidate: Alvin Bragg
With his Democratic primary opponents conceding defeat and the fact that Manhattan is overwhelmingly a "blue" borough, Alvin Bragg, presumptive Democratic candidate for Manhattan D.A., is likely to...
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