rory lancman

City Councilman Rory Lancman dropped out of the hotly contested race for Queens District Attorney to back Borough President Melinda Katz, even though he acknowledged he's more philosophically aligned with another rival.

The heated race has been marked by a prominent sprint to the left by almost every candidate, in the wake of progressive prosecutors’ impressive run of victories nationwide.

If the parade itself was any indicator of voting intention, then Cabán would be the clear frontrunner.

Remarkably, Queens will witness the first competitive Democratic primary for district attorney in more than a half century, if not longer.

Lancman says that Queens DA Richard Brown 'just keeps stubbornly clinging to an outdated model of criminal justice.'

After years of stalled efforts at the state level, New York City is now pursing its own legislation to criminalize "revenge porn."

He also called the NYPD "the most transparent municipal police department in the world."

"I think it's one of the lowest things one person can do to another. We want to deter that conduct and we want to hold people accountable."

The NYPD commissioner told the City Council his department is "a model of transparency."

The redrawn district would be 37-40% Asian.