Mayor Eric Adams endorsed the re-election campaign of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on Thursday, just eight days before early voting gets underway for
Katz has been aligned with several of Adams’ key priorities like tackling a surge of shoplifting in the city, participating in Hizzoner’s “retail theft summit” along with the city’s four other DAs.
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Melinda Katz and I haven't always seen eye to eye. In the contentious 2019 Democratic primary election for Queens District Attorney, I publicly supported