Race, Crime, Trump Loom Over Manhattan DA Election In 46 years, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has changed leaders only twice, in low-key elections focused heavily on … ©2021 Benenson Strategy Group | StudentsFirstNY | #5528 New York City Democratic Primary Poll | 10 MANHATTAN BOROUGH DISTRICT ATTORNEY HORSE RACE Among likely voters who live in Manhattan The race to become Manhattan’s next district attorney is shaping up to be one of the most important in decades, a watershed contest that is likely to … Because the district attorney is a state office, the ranked-choice voting process currently being rolled out in NYC elections does not apply in the race. Vance is unlikely to seek reelection and eight Democrats are running in the … Farhadian Weinstein, the leading fundraiser (with over $2.25 million), has a base of support among the city elite. Read our first articles, on the war on drugs, statewide advocacy, and sex work.. Jose Saldana spent 38 years in New York’s prison system after a Manhattan court found him guilty in 1980 of attempted murder of a police officer. The Five Borough Defender graph of Manhattan DA candidates (full version below) A coalition of New York City's public defenders has released a report analyzing the campaign policies of the Manhattan District Attorney candidates vying to replace incumbent Cy Vance, Jr., and their plans to implement those policies. This article is published as part of a partnership between New York Focus and The Appeal: Political Report to cover Manhattan’s 2021 DA election. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. raised a modest $25,450 in the last six months, campaign filings posted Tuesday show — putting him far behind two challengers in a growing field. Both times - in low-key elections focused heavily around fighting crime. But with several strong left-reformist candidates, there’s a real risk the Left vote could split, throwing the race to a Wall … Next month, a little-discussed election will decide who will occupy one of the country’s most powerful offices: the Manhattan district attorney. The major unknown in the race is whether the current district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., is going to run for reelection. All eyes may eventually be focused on the 2021 New York City mayoral race, but the Manhattan district attorney race has already attracted a crowded field a full year before the Democratic primary. Race, Crime, Trump Loom Over Manhattan DA Election In 46 years, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has changed leaders only twice, in low-key elections focused heavily on … Not this year. Not this year. In the past 46 years, the Manhattan district attorney's office - among the most powerful prosecutors in the country - has only changed leaders twice. For Manhattan district attorney candidates talking about their experience in white-collar crime cases has become a sort of proxy for indirectly addressing the … Eight Democrats and one Republican are vying to replace Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who announce in March he would not seek re-election. In 46 years, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has changed leaders only twice, in low-key elections focused heavily on fighting crime.