Queens District Attorney's Office

What Queens District Attorney's Office does

The Queens District Attorney's Office is a county-level government law enforcement agency serving the 2.3 million residents of Queens County, New York. Headquartered at 125-01 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, the office operates under the statutory authority of New York State to prosecute criminal matters within Queens County and is led by District Attorney Melinda Katz, who took office on January 1, 2020, succeeding Richard A. Brown. With a staff of 501 to 1,000 employees, the office provides prosecutorial, victim-services, and community-justice functions at no cost to residents, funded entirely through public taxation and the municipal budget rather than commercial revenue.

The office is organized into seven main divisions: Appeals and Special Litigation; Community Partnerships; Criminal Practice and Policy; Investigations; Major Crimes; Special Prosecutions; and Supreme Court Trial. Within these divisions the office operates specialized bureaus and units including the Hate Crimes Bureau, Human Trafficking Bureau, Cold Case Unit, Major Economic Crimes Bureau, Conviction Integrity Unit, Career Criminal/Major Crimes Bureau, Homicide, Domestic Violence Bureau, Special Victims Bureau, Juvenile Prosecution Unit, and the Crime Strategies & Intelligence Bureau. Upon DA Katz's inauguration the office expanded its service scope, launching multiple new units in 2020 and reorganizing the Investigations Division to consolidate organized-crime and economic-crime functions. The office maintains multilingual accessibility in 17 languages and publishes press releases, weekly newsletters, and annual reports (titled, in 2020, "Brave Justice" and "Blazing the Trail").

The office's business and revenue model is non-commercial: it functions as a public service provider rather than a revenue-generating enterprise, with no pricing model, no commercial go-to-market motion, and no customer segmentation beyond the geographic constituency of Queens County. Outreach is conducted through the queensda.org website (with content, annual reports, and accessibility plans), official social media accounts (@QueensDAKatz on Twitter/X and Instagram), weekly and monthly email newsletters, press releases, and direct community events such as Black History Month celebrations, Veterans Day ceremonies, and youth empowerment programs. No proprietary technology platforms, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, patents, trademarks, or commercial partnerships are disclosed; the office operates on standard government case-management systems. Strategic relationships are limited to inter-governmental and law-enforcement collaboration with the NYPD, the Office of the Governor, and the Queens Borough President.

Name

Queens District Attorney's Office

Legal name

Office of the District Attorney Queens County

Website

https://queensda.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Queens District Attorney's Office is a publicly funded county-level government law enforcement agency that prosecutes criminal cases and delivers victim, community, and restorative-justice services to the 2.3 million residents of Queens County, New York, under District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Prosecutorial Services

NAICS

Legal Counsel and Prosecution (92213)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services (BPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System) (BPAIAFAJ)

Keywords

• Criminal prosecution services
• Victim advocacy services
• Law enforcement agency
• Community justice programs
• Government legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kew Gardens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: Government office funded through public tax revenues and municipal budgets. No commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Queens District Attorney's Office is a county-level government law enforcement agency that prosecutes criminal cases, provides victim services, and delivers community justice programs for the 2.3 million residents of Queens County, New York. The office operates through seven specialized divisions handling appeals, community partnerships, criminal practice, investigations, major crimes, special prosecutions, and supreme court trials. It also maintains dedicated bureaus for hate crimes, cold cases, human trafficking, and conviction integrity review.

Product overview

Queens District Attorney's Office is a government law enforcement agency providing prosecutorial services to Queens County, New York. The office operates through seven main organizational divisions: Appeals and Special Litigation, Community Partnerships, Criminal Practice and Policy, Investigations, Major Crimes, Special Prosecutions, and Supreme Court Trial Division. These divisions offer specialized services including hate crimes prevention, cold case investigations, human trafficking prosecution, and conviction integrity review. The office provides multilingual accessibility resources in 17 languages and maintains hotlines for various crime reporting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brave Justice: 2020 Annual Report publication title
• Blazing the Trail
• A Bridge to Change

Products and services

• Appeals and Special Litigation Division

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• New York City Police Department (NYPD)coreOthersPrimary law enforcement partner for criminal investigations and prosecutions. NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch has collaborated with DA Katz on major cases including gang indictments and drug trafficking operations.
• Governor's Office - Kathy HochulcoreOthersState-level partnership for public safety initiatives. Governor Hochul has worked with DA Katz on major gang enforcement operations in Queens.
• Queens Borough President Sharon LeecoreOthersCollaborative partnership for community events including Black History Month celebrations, Veterans Day ceremonies, and community development programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• New York City Law Department: NYC's city-level legal office representing the city in civil matters. Adjacent governmental legal body with overlapping jurisdiction in NYC government-related legal services, but focuses on civil defense rather than criminal prosecution.

Broad incumbents

• Cook County State's Attorney's Office (Chicago): Large urban county-level prosecutorial office serving the Chicago metropolitan area. Comparable in scale, organizational complexity, and progressive-reform orientation.
• New York State Office of the Attorney General: State-level legal enforcement authority that prosecutes certain statewide crimes and provides legal counsel to state government. Overlaps with Queens DA on public corruption, economic crimes, and consumer protection but operates at broader geographic and jurisdictional scope.
• Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office: Largest county DA office in the U.S. by caseload and population served. Comparable prosecutorial mandate at substantially larger scale, including specialized units and reform initiatives.
• Philadelphia District Attorney's Office: Major urban DA office with similar prosecutorial authority, reform initiatives, and victim services. Comparable organizational model with city-level jurisdiction.

Direct peers

• Bronx District Attorney's Office: Fifth NYC county-level DA office serving the Bronx with directly analogous prosecutorial mandate, division structure, and public-service delivery model.
• Manhattan District Attorney's Office: Also a NYC county-level prosecutorial office (Manhattan) with similar statutory authority, division structure, and population scale. Closest peer given shared jurisdiction type and city-level governance.
• Nassau County District Attorney's Office: Adjacent suburban county DA office in Long Island with directly comparable prosecutorial authority, division structure, and victim services orientation.
• Brooklyn District Attorney's Office: NYC borough-level prosecutorial office (Kings County) with directly analogous mandate, divisions, and service model. Highly comparable in scale, structure, and reform-oriented posture.

Others

• U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York: Federal prosecutorial authority covering Queens County and Brooklyn. Operates in the same geography on federal-level criminal matters; complementary rather than directly competitive to Queens DA's state-level mandate.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/QueensDAKatz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWap1wWQMMZQp08tf5Kg2XQ
• Instagraminstagram.com/queensdakatz

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

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