Democrats in Queens District Attorney Race Headed for Legal Showdown

A judge is set to hear arguments next week over invalidated ballots in the hotly contested Democratic primary for Queens district attorney

The Democratic primary for Queens district attorney has turned into a nail-biter that won’t be decided until a state judge hears arguments over invalidated ballots and election officials manually recount all the votes in the race.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz currently leads upstart candidate Tiffany Cabán by 16 votes in the June 25 primary. The razor-thin margin has forced the city’s Board of Elections to hold a manual recount of the more than 91,000 votes cast in the race.

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