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One year after the 1898 Consolidation of New York City, Nassau County was separated from Queens County. In case of a vacancy, a DA is appointed by the Governor to fill the office temporarily. A new DA is then elected at the next annual election in November, always to a full term. From 1847 to 1942, the term length was three years.
Melinda R. Katz (born August 29, 1965) is an American attorney and politician from New York City, serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1, 2020. A Democrat, she previously served as the Queens Borough President.
Joining the Queens District Attorney's office as an intern in 1972, he worked there before joining the state attorney general's office, where he led the investigation of the Tawana Brawley rape allegations. Shortly after the appointment of Richard Brown in 1991, he returned to Queens, serving in the district attorney's office for the next 28 years.
Derek Klever, 27, a paralegal at the Queens District Attorney’s office, has been arrested after attempting to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment.
Brown, 86, who previously served as a judge, was first appointed to the office by Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1991 and was re-elected in five subsequent elections, sometimes without opposition.
The United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk. As of January 11, 2025, the acting U.S. attorney is Carolyn Pokorny. [1]
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The 2019 Queens County District Attorney election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Queens County District Attorney. The incumbent, Richard Brown, had announced in January 2019 that he would not seek an eighth term; Brown then died in office that May at the age of 86. [1] The Democratic primary election was held on June 25, 2019. [1]