A look at Manhattan D.A. candidates on the ballot in June’s primary election © Provided by New York Daily News
Most years, the race of district attorneys is not the subject of political chatter but like everything else about this election cycle - nothing is typical.
For starters, the race for Manhattan D.A. is crowded with eight candidates in the mix after Cyrus Vance, Jr., announced he would not seek reelection.
Following the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, the candidates addressed the urgent need for criminal justice reform with some offering more progressive agendas than others.
Manhattan D A candidates who will be on the NYC primary ballot in June
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More than 50 drug convictions vacated over former NYPD cop accused of perjury
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Published: 07 Apr 2021 12:45 PM BdST
Updated: 07 Apr 2021 12:48 PM BdST Then New York Police Department Detective Joseph Franco is escorted to his arraignment in Manhattan, April 24, 2019. The New York Times. Photo file name: us-detective-070421-01
Over nearly two decades as a police officer and narcotics detective, Joseph Franco made thousands of arrests, many for the possession and sale of drugs. Franco often worked undercover, and his testimony secured convictions for prosecutors around the city. );
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But officials who once relied on Franco are questioning his accounts. After he was accused of lying about drug sales that videos showed never happened, Franco was charged with perjury in Manhattan in 2019.