Queens District Attorney: Katz Declares Victory After Recount
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Melinda Katz has declared victory over public defender Tiffany Cabán in the race for the Democratic nomination for Queens district attorney after a recount in the roller-caster race concluded Thursday. Her opponent is not going away quietly though.
The manual recount of more than 90,000 votes in New York City ended exactly one month after the June 25 primary in the race to succeed longtime district attorney Richard Brown, who died in May.
“Now that every valid vote has been counted and recounted, the results confirm once again that the people of Queens have chosen Melinda Katz as the Democratic nominee for district attorney,” the Katz campaign said in a statement.
Cabán said her campaign is now taking the election results to court, arguing too many write-in ballots were invalidated by the city’s Board of Elections.
“We are going to continue to fight to make sure that every single valid vote is counted. Up to this point, hundreds of ballots cast by eligible and registered Queens Democrats that were wrongly invalidated,” the public defender claimed.
The New York City Board of Elections did not announce the results of the recount on Thursday, but is expected to certify the results within days.
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