With 98% of the vote counted, it appears that Tiffany Cabán will win the Democratic nomination for Queens district attorney
Tiffany Cabán in Astoria. Photo: Megan Magray “She was definitely a two, not a one.” Canvassing is an inexact science, but it still has rules, and Tiffany Cabán was adamant on following them. Constituent enthusiasm is charted on a scale of one to five, with one being like Spike Lee level of excitement when he’s courtside at a Knicks game and five being like the Spike Lee level of unimpressed when Green Book won the Oscar for Best Picture.
As soon as the 31-year-old candidate saw me, she came in for a hug like we were old friends. Though we don’t know one another, she felt familiar: The first-time politician hasn’t yet become chilly toward the media. But she has wised up to right-wing criticisms of embracing identity politics. “My experience matters,” Cabán told a Queens United Independent Progressive audience in February, according to the Intercept. “That is not identity politics; that is me speaking to my understanding around intersectionality and the effects of individual and generational trauma on our communities,” she said.
Many crimes, in Cabán’s view, are symptoms of deeper ills, and she’s concerned with root causes and lasting effects: trauma, poverty, subpar education. And a crucial piece will be to change the culture of punishment.
But before she can set about enacting her ambitious agenda, there’s the small matter of winning the election. The race’s Establishment candidate and front-runner, Melinda Katz, is essentially running on continuity with the status quo — unlike Cabán, for instance, Katz says she’ll continue to prosecute sex work and drug offenses other than marijuana. Katz enjoys name recognition as the current borough president of Queens and is also a former councilwoman in the borough.
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