Weekly Newsletters

From expanding gun violence prevention efforts to cracking down on retail theft, Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled a variety of public safety initiatives this week during her State of the State address… (continued)

My number one priority is keeping you and your loved ones safe. Through the hard work and collaboration between police and prosecutors, this year we have seen shootings decline 24 percent in the city and 33 percent in Queens compared to 2022. Murders are down 11 percent in the city and 39 percent in Queens. There is always more to be done,…

My office secured a 140-count indictment against a Queens man for submitting falsified absentee ballot applications for the Democratic primary election in August 2022… (continued)

I announced the takedown of a sprawling drug trafficking organization this week that reached from Jamaica to suburban Suffolk and Westchester Counties and involved several members of the same family… (continued)

My office brought charges against an unlicensed teenage driver and his parents this week in connection with a gruesome auto collision that killed a 14-year-old passenger in Jamaica… (continued)

My office secured a significant prison term this week for a Long Island man sentenced to 25 years to life for the October 2020 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, 29-year-old Vanessa Pierre… (continued)

I created the first cold case unit in Queens to pursue justice for homicide victims regardless of how much time has passed. My office works tirelessly to bring closure to grieving families and assure them they are not forgotten… (continued)

I joined the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice this week for the groundbreaking of Hope House, a residential alternative to incarceration that will provide transformative care to offenders suffering from serious mental illness… (continued)

I was joined by NYPD officials this week to announce the indictment and arrests of three defendants on the heels of a seven-month investigation into gun trafficking that included a series of undercover buys in the parking lot of a P.C. Richard & Son in Astoria… (continued)