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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz outlines enforcement on gang takedowns, deed theft and trespass affidavits
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz told the borough cabinet her office has pursued large gang indictments, increased recovery of un-serialized "ghost guns," and used a trespass-affidavit program that has issued about 1,500 affidavits to help retailers and property owners regain control of premises.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz told the Queens Borough cabinet on Friday that her office has pursued large-scale criminal enforcement and neighborhood-focused programs to protect property owners and retail businesses.
"We had the largest single gang takedown in the history of the borough of Queens," Katz said, describing a 32-person indictment that included homicide and conspiracy charges and spanned neighborhoods from Kew Gardens to Queens Village. She added that a separate 12-person takedown produced a measurable drop in shootings over a holiday weekend.
Katz also highlighted the offices work on un-serialized "ghost guns," saying that, in 2024, about "42% of the ghost guns that were…
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