Mark Joseph Green is an American author,former public official,public interest lawyer,and Democratic politician from New York City. Green was New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and New York City Public Advocate from 1994 to 2002.
Curtis Sliwa is an American activist,radio talk show host,and founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels,a nonprofit crime prevention organization. Sliwa was the Republican nominee for the 2021 New York City mayoral election,which he lost to Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams.
Letitia Ann James is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the Attorney General of New York (NYAG),having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood. A member of the Democratic Party,James is the first African American and first woman to be elected New York Attorney General.
Kathleen Maura Rice is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before serving in Congress,Rice served as the Nassau County district attorney,and,before that,she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.
Vincent Joseph "Vinnie" Gentile is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 43rd district from 2003 to 2017. He is a Democrat. The district includes Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Bensonhurst,and Dyker Heights in Brooklyn.
Eric Tradd Schneiderman is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 65th Attorney General of New York from 2011 until his resignation in May 2018. Schneiderman,a member of the Democratic Party,spent ten years in the New York State Senate before being elected Attorney General. In May 2018,Schneiderman resigned from his position as Attorney General after The New Yorker reported that four women had accused him of physical abuse. In 2021,Schneiderman’s law license was suspended for a year after a disciplinary proceeding where he admitted to the abusive conduct.
Alec Brook-Krasny is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly representing the 46th district. He was a member of the Democratic Party,and was elected on November 7,2006,to represent the 46th District,which covers the neighborhoods of Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Brighton Beach,Coney Island,Dyker Heights,and Seagate,in Brooklyn. He resigned on July 7,2015. Brook-Krasny was arrested on charges of felony healthcare fraud in 2017,but was not convicted.
Barbara Dale Underwood is an American lawyer serving as the solicitor general of New York. She was first appointed to the position in January 2007 by Andrew Cuomo,who was then serving as the state's attorney general. Underwood was reappointed in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Pedro Espada Jr. is an American convicted felon and former politician. A Democrat,Espada served in the New York Senate.
Thomas Willard Reed II is an American lobbyist,attorney,and politician from the state of New York. Reed served as the U.S. representative for New York's 23rd congressional district;the district is in New York's Southern Tier. A Republican,Reed first joined the U.S. House after winning a special election to replace Eric Massa in 2010. He previously served one term as mayor of Corning,New York.
The murder of Mark Fisher occurred in the early morning hours of October 12,2003. Where a 19-years old college student was brutally beaten,shot five times,and left on Argyle Road in Prospect Park South,Brooklyn.
Kenneth P. Thompson was an American lawyer who served as the District Attorney of Kings County,New York,from 2014 until his death from cancer on October 9,2016.
Jesse Hamilton is an American lawyer and politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the New York State Senate's 20th District,including parts of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights,Brownsville and East Flatbush from 2015 to 2018. Hamilton is a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. Hamilton is the Secretary of the Brooklyn Democratic Party,the official organization of the Democratic Party for Brooklyn. He was defeated in the September 2018 Democratic primary election by lawyer Zellnor Myrie.
Louis N. Scarcella is a retired detective from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) who earned frequent commendations during the "crack epidemic" of the 1980s and 1990s,before many convictions resulting from his investigations were overturned during his retirement. As a member of the Brooklyn North Homicide Squad,he and his longtime partner Stephen Chmil built a reputation for obtaining convictions in difficult cases. Since 2013,Scarcella has received extensive and sustained publicity for multiple allegations of investigative misconduct that resulted in false testimony against crime suspects,leading to innocent parties serving long prison terms and guilty individuals going free.
The 2018 New York gubernatorial election occurred on November 6,2018. Incumbent Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo won re-election to a third term,defeating Republican Marc Molinaro and several minor party candidates. Cuomo received 59.6% of the vote to Molinaro's 36.2%.
The Kings County District Attorney's Office,also known as the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office,is the district attorney's office for Kings County,coterminous with the Borough of Brooklyn,in New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of the laws of New York.. The current district attorney is Eric Gonzalez.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held November 6,2018 to elect a U.S. Representative from each of New York's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as an election to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2018 New York Attorney General election took place on November 6,2018. New York City Public Advocate Letitia James,a Democrat,was elected. James is the first woman and the first African-American to be elected New York Attorney General.
Jabari Brisport is an American politician,activist,and former public school teacher. He is the state senator for New York's 25th State Senate district in Brooklyn,and the first openly gay person of color to be elected to the New York State Legislature.
Michael Nelson Feuer is an American politician and lawyer,who served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Feuer previously served three terms in the California State Assembly,representing the 42nd Assembly District,and as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1995 to 2001,representing the 5th Council District.
