NEW YORK - Politically pedigreed trial lawyer Cy Vance has been elected as Manhattan's first new district attorney in 35 years. The Democrat had 92...
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — One is a former hard-nosed judge so known for her stiff sentences that drug dealers named a brand of heroin after her. Another enjoys...
Village Voice | By Camille Dodero (3:07PM 09/09) | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
Judging people by the company they keep may not always be fair game, but it is fitting, on the eve of next week's primary, to take the measure of Lesl...
New York Times | JOHN ELIGON | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York
Leslie Crocker Snyder, a former judge making her second run for Manhattan district attorney, had the opening word on Tuesday night in the first televi...
New York Daily News | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York
Magician David Blaine will be delving into the dangerous world of New York politics for the first time next week when he hosts a fundraiser for Manhat...
AP | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who is retiring, is endorsing a former deputy in the race to replace him. Cyrus Vance...
Vickie Karp | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
Leslie Crocker Snyder is running to be the first woman to be Manhattan District Attorney. Snyder has prosecuted mafia members and drug lords and gang members. She created the first sex crimes unit in the United States, writing the Rape/Shield law that, to this day, saves rape victims from malicious and overly-broad cross-examination.
AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York