John Kennedy O'Hara is an American lawyer,active in Brooklyn,New York politics. He is also the first person convicted of illegal voting in New York State since Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in 1872. He was exonerated of the crime on Thursday,January 12,2017. On February 23,2017,O'Hara filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit for $25 million against disgraced ex-Brooklyn D. A. Charles "Joe" Hynes.
Dora Lizette Irizarry is a senior United States District Court Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Karen S. Burstein is an American Democratic Party politician,attorney,civil servant,and former judge from the State of New York. She served in the New York State Senate,worked in the administration of Gov. Mario Cuomo,chaired the New York State Civil Service Commission,became Auditor General of New York City,and then served as a Judge of the New York City Family Court. Burstein was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of New York in 1994,but was defeated.
Gerald Phillip Garson was an American lawyer and New York Supreme Court Justice who heard matrimonial divorce and child custody cases in Brooklyn. He was convicted in 2007 of accepting bribes to manipulate the outcomes of divorce proceedings. Garson was imprisoned from June 2007 until December 2009.
Hiram Monserrate is an American politician and felon who served in the New York State Senate from 2009 until his expulsion in 2010. A Democrat,he previously served on the New York City Council from 2002 through 2008.
Dean George Skelos is an American former politician and convict from Long Island,New York.
John L. Sampson is an American former politician and convicted felon. A Democrat,Sampson represented District 19 in the New York State Senate from 1997 to 2015. He is of Guyanese heritage. Sampson became Senate Democratic Leader in June 2009 and served as Senate Minority Leader from January 2011 to December 2012. Sampson forfeited his Senate seat when he was convicted of federal felony charges on July 24,2015. On January 18,2017,he was sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Joseph Hynes was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York who served as Kings County District Attorney from 1990 to 2013.
Alec Brook-Krasny is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly representing the 46th district. He was a member of the Democratic Party,and was elected on November 7,2006,to represent the 46th district,which covers the neighborhoods of Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Brighton Beach,Coney Island,Dyker Heights,and Seagate,in Brooklyn. He resigned on July 7,2015. Brook-Krasny was arrested on charges of felony healthcare fraud in 2017,but the case was dismissed in 2019 after he was acquitted of conspiracy and fraud charges and the jury could not agree on misdemeanor bribery counts.
Stanley Steingut was an American politician,New York Democratic Party leader,insurance brokerage owner,and lawyer. He took over his father's position as boss of Brooklyn County Democratic politics and eventually parlayed that position to become Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Before reaching that office,Steingut engaged in a power struggle along with Reform Democrats beginning in the early-1960s,when he was an early and powerful supporter of Robert F. Kennedy's bid for Senate from New York. In the late 1950s,he was an early supporter of then-Senator John F. Kennedy's bid for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the presidency. His support of both Kennedys caused a major rift with Tammany Hall Democrats led by then-Mayor Wagner. Those loyal to Wagner combined with Rockefeller Republicans deprived him of the Speakership in 1965 even though he had a great majority of the Democratic Assembly members. He would not take over the party leadership in the Assembly until 1969. He considered his sponsorship of landmark legislation providing public educational services for the developmentally disabled his greatest legislative accomplishment.
Adele H. Cohen is an American lawyer and former politician. She is a 1964 graduate of Brooklyn College.
The response of the Haredi Jewish community in Brooklyn,New York City,to allegations of sexual abuse against its spiritual leaders has drawn scrutiny from inside and outside the Jewish community. When teachers,rabbis,and other leaders have been accused of sexual abuse,authorities in the Haredi community have often failed to report offenses to Brooklyn police,intimidated witnesses,and encouraged shunning against victims and those members of the community who speak out against cases of abuse,although work has been done within Jewish communities to begin to address the issue of sexual abuse.
The Brooklyn Democratic Party,officially the Kings County Democratic County Committee,is the county committee of the Democratic Party in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the most local level of party governance in New York. Kings County Democratic County Committee is one of the largest Democratic county organizations in the United States,and the largest that is not its own city.
The 137th New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 7 to May 20,1914,while Martin H. Glynn was Governor of New York,in Albany.
Kenneth P. Thompson was an American lawyer who served as the District Attorney of Kings County,New York,from 2014 until his death from cancer on October 9,2016.
Louis N. Scarcella is a retired detective from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) who earned frequent commendations during the "crack epidemic" of the 1980s and 1990s,before many convictions resulting from his investigations were overturned during his retirement. As a member of the Brooklyn North Homicide Squad,he and his longtime partner Stephen Chmil built a reputation for obtaining convictions in difficult cases. Since 2013,Scarcella has received extensive and sustained publicity for multiple allegations of investigative misconduct that resulted in false testimony against crime suspects,leading to innocent parties serving long prison terms and guilty individuals going free.
James M. Turner was an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature,serving one term in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1970 to 1972,and in the New Jersey Senate from 1972 until he was forced to resign from office in June 1973,after being convicted for his role leading a conspiracy to place drugs in the home of a Democratic Party political rival. Despite being evicted from his seat,Turner ran a quixotic campaign to be elected to a second term in the Senate.
The Kings County District Attorney's Office,also known as the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office,is the district attorney's office for Kings County,coterminous with the Borough of Brooklyn,in New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of the laws of New York.. The current district attorney is Eric Gonzalez.
Amadeo Henry "Meade" Esposito was an American politician who was a Brooklyn Democratic leader and political boss. Esposito served as chairman of the Kings County Democratic Committee from 1969 to 1984. As a leader,he was known as a political fixer,and honored loyalty,running a citywide patronage system involving gratuity exchanges that ultimately resulted in multiple municipal corruption scandals.
Frank R. Seddio is an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the New York State Assembly representing southeastern Brooklyn from 1999 to 2005 before serving as a Kings County Surrogate Court Judge from 2006 to 2007.
