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The current Queens County District Attorney is Melinda Katz, who assumed the duties of the office on January 1, 2020. There was an inauguration on January 6, 2020 at her alma mater, St. Johns University .
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. Katz was also a New York City Councilwoman from 2002 to 2009. [1] She had previously run for City Comptroller in 2009. [2]
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]
Queens County district attorney, Democratic primary, 2023 [11] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Melinda Katz: 44,601 71% Democratic George Grasso 8,969 14.3% Democratic Devian Shondel Daniels 8,799 14.0%
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.
He was the Queens County District Attorney, having held office from 1991 until his death in 2019. [1] Prior to becoming district attorney, Brown served as a judge of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. Brown was the longest serving district attorney in New York City. [2] Brown died at the age of 86 in 2019. [3]
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.
Each of the city's five counties has its criminal court system and District Attorney, the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Richard A. Brown, who ran on both the Republican and Democratic Party tickets, was the District Attorney of Queens County from 1991 to 2018. The new DA as of January 2020 is Melinda Katz. [145]