QUEENS, N.Y. ― Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has maintained her lead over public defender Tiffany Cabán in the Katz’s campaign again declared victory at the close of the recount on Thursday.“Now that every valid vote has been counted and recounted, the results confirm once again that the people of Queens have chosen Melinda Katz as the Democratic nominee for District Attorney,” Katz campaign adviser Andrew Kirtzman said in a statement.Cabán remained defiant, however. ©2020 Verizon Media. He suggested that the energy Cabán had unleashed would not soon abate. All rights reserved. DA Katz Comments on Karate Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Raping 12-Year-Old Student Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday that Hector Quinchi, of Woodside, Queens has been sentenced to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape and other charges. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Melinda Katz Comes Out Ahead After Queens DA Race RecountTiffany Cabán, Katz’s left-wing competitor, is still hoping for a favorable court ruling on affidavit ballots.Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterWe made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!Part of HuffPost Politics. “What we don’t have yet and we hope we will have soon is the elimination of hyper-technical requirements that unfairly invalidate ballots.”“This isn’t just about this campaign, this is about all campaigns,” she continued. The stance that perhaps distinguished her most was her support for full decriminalization of sex work in the borough limits, a policy that found favor with many sex workers who volunteered for her campaign.In the final weeks of Cabán’s bid, leading national luminaries on the left, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Flanked by New York City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D) and election attorney Jerry Goldfeder, she promised at a Thursday afternoon press conference outside of a city Board of Elections site in the Middle Village neighborhood of Queens to fight in court to reinstate invalidated ballots her campaign believes could change the outcome of the race.“This race is not over,” Cabán said. All rights reserved.The outcome, however tentative, brings Katz, and the vaunted Queens Democratic Party machine backing her, one step closer to victory in a contest that drew national attention.The recount results are the latest twist in an unusually contentious post-election period. Katz served as a Member of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 1999, representing Queens' 28th District, which included Forest Hills, Katz then became Director of Community Boards for the Office of the Queens Borough President from 1999 to 2002,In June 2009 she was the only woman running in the Term-limited out of the Council in 2009, Katz worked at the In 2012, Katz announced her plans to run for Queens In December 2018, Katz announced her candidacy for Katz was sworn in and assumed office on January 6, 2020. “We are in dire need of these election reforms.”Of course, Goldfeder and the rest of Cabán’s legal team is also navigating the election laws with an eye toward maximizing Cabán’s advantage. Katz’s campaign again declared victory at the close of the recount on Thursday. QUEENS, N.Y. ― Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has maintained her lead over public defender Tiffany Cabán in the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney following a manual recount of ballots cast in the June 25 race. Goldfeder conceded that he had challenged a number of ballots cast for Katz, though he would not say how many.
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Melinda R. Katz (born August 19, 1965) is an American attorney and politician from New York City, serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1, 2020.