Westchester County District Attorney's Office

What Westchester County District Attorney's Office does

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office (WCDAO) is the principal state-law prosecutorial agency for Westchester County, New York, founded in 1818 and headquartered at 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in White Plains. With over 115 prosecutors and a total staff of more than 200, it is the largest DA's office north of New York City and handles nearly 20,000 criminal cases originating in city, town, and village courts annually. It delivers services through a main office plus seven branch offices (Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Northern Westchester/Yorktown Heights, Rye/Purchase, White Plains, and Yonkers) that co-locate with local courts across all major county municipalities.

Operationally, the office runs multiple specialized bureaus — Homicide, Cold Case, Cybercrime, Economic Crimes, Sex Crimes, Public Integrity, Violent Criminal Enterprises, Vehicular Crimes, Major Case, and others — plus a Conviction Review Unit and a Victims' Justice Center. Its technology footprint centers on government case-management and document systems, a Crime Strategies Center with embedded HIDTA analysts, a web-based Attorney Discovery Portal for digital evidence sharing with criminal defense counsel, and the tip411 anonymous tip platform with companion iOS/Android apps. Programs include multiple diversion initiatives (Fresh Start, Opportunity Youth Part, Emerging Adult Justice Part, Westchester Misdemeanor Wellness Court, OPT-In overdose prevention), gun and gang violence reduction in partnership with the FBI and local police, immigration-status accommodations (U-Visa, Immigration Committee), and community outreach on internet safety, hate crimes, domestic violence, and senior fraud.

The office is a publicly funded county government entity with no commercial revenue model; funding flows through Westchester County budgets, state allocations (e.g., NYS DCJS for the GIVE Initiative), and federal grants, and services are provided at no cost to residents. Leadership comprises District Attorney Susan Cacace, two First Deputy DAs (George Hlapatsos and Nancy Barry), and division chiefs across Criminal Courts/Training, Appeals & Special Litigation, Trials, Investigations, Special Prosecutions, Criminal Investigations, and Administration. Current DA Susan Cacace assumed office in 2024, succeeding Miriam E. Rocah.

Name

Westchester County District Attorney's Office

Legal name

Office of the Westchester County District Attorney

Website

https://westchesterda.net

Company type

Public

Founded year

1818

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office is a publicly funded county government agency that prosecutes criminal cases, supports crime victims, and runs diversion and community safety programs for all Westchester County, New York residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Prosecutorial and Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Legal Counsel and Prosecution (92213), Legal Counsel and Prosecution (922130), Parole Offices and Probation Offices (922150)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Prosecution & District/State Attorney Services (BPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration (BPAIABAF)

Keywords

• Criminal prosecution services
• Victim support services
• Law enforcement agency
• District attorney services
• Public safety programs

Headquarters

HQ city

White Plains

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Publicly funded government agency supported by Westchester County taxpayer funds and state allocations. No commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office is a government agency that prosecutes criminal cases, supports crime victims, and promotes public safety throughout Westchester County. It provides prosecutorial services through four main divisions (Appeals and Special Litigation, Local Criminal Courts and Training, Special Prosecutions, and Trials and Investigations), operates a Victims' Justice Center, and runs diversion programs, gun safety initiatives, and community outreach programs. Services are delivered free of charge to all Westchester County residents through the main office and seven branch offices.

Product overview

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office operates as a single, unified prosecutorial and public service organization rather than a platform-based product architecture. The office's primary digital presence is its public website providing access to office divisions, resources, and community programs. Supporting digital services include the Criminal Defense Attorney Discovery Portal for digital evidence sharing, the Tip411 anonymous web tip program, and a mobile Crime Tips app for community reporting. Core service offerings encompass the Victims' Justice Center for victim support and compensation, the Conviction Review Unit for wrongful conviction review, gun safety initiatives including the Gun & Gang Violence Initiative and GIVE program, and multiple diversion programs (Fresh Start, Westchester Misdemeanor Wellness Court, OPT-In, Emerging Adult Justice Part, Opportunity Youth Part). The office also provides internship programs for law students and college students, immigrant affairs support including U-Visa certification, and community outreach education programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Special Prosecutions Division (SPD): Handles cases of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, sex crimes, and human trafficking.
• Victims' Justice Center (VJC)
• Conviction Review Unit (CRU)
• Gun & Gang Violence Initiative

Products and services

• Criminal Defense Attorney Discovery Portal A web-based portal through which criminal defense attorneys can receive discovery materials in digital format, including audio, video, and other digital files.
• Tip411 Anonymous Web Tip Program An anonymous web tip program allowing smartphone, tablet, cell phone, or computer users to send anonymous text, photo, or video tips to local police departments, with a two-way chat feature.
• Westchester County Crime Tips Mobile App A mobile application available for Android and iPhone devices enabling tipsters to contact local police departments with police able to respond back through two-way communication.
• Victims' Justice Center (VJC) Provides victims of crimes and their families information and assistance regarding their rights, safety, and resources to help cope with emotional, physical, and financial impacts of crime, including counseling referrals and crime victims' compensation claims.
• Conviction Review Unit (CRU) Examines credible, investigatable claims of actual innocence and wrongful conviction and presents findings and recommendations to the District Attorney for appropriate remedies.
• Fresh Start Program Pre-arraignment diversion program addressing root causes of crime through social services, counseling, and rehabilitation as an alternative to fines, conviction, and incarceration for non-violent, first-time, low-level offenders.
• Westchester Misdemeanor Wellness Court (WMWC) Community-based mental health treatment and services as an alternative to conventional prosecution operating out of White Plains City Court.
• Westchester Overdose Prevention and Treatment Initiative (OPT-In) Program offering early engagement of community-based treatment and services to individuals with substance use disorders charged with eligible crimes, connecting participants with peer mentors and naloxone kits.
• Mount Vernon Emerging Adult Justice Part (EAJP) Diversion program for justice-facing 18 to 25-year-olds providing resources, services, and opportunities as an alternative to conventional prosecution.
• New Rochelle Opportunity Youth Part (OYP) Community-based initiative providing intervention, rehabilitation, education, housing, mentorship, and employment resources for emerging adults ages 16 to 24.
• Gun Safety Program Comprehensive gun safety initiatives including the Gun and Gang Violence Initiative, Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE), Safe Storage Program, and Red Flag Law/Extreme Risk Protection Order education.
• Gun & Gang Violence Initiative Precision policing and prosecution model targeting repeat violent offenders through short-term and long-term violent crime investigations in partnership with FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, U.S. Attorney's Office, and local police departments.
• Community Outreach Program Education and training for students, parents, and school staff on safe gun storage, Red Flag Laws, domestic violence, teen dating, drinking and driving, internet safety, hate crimes, identity theft, financial fraud, senior scams, wage theft, and workers' rights.
• Immigrant Affairs Program Support for crime victims regardless of immigration status including educational outreach, U-Visa certification assistance, and guidance on due process and equal protection rights.
• Immigration Committee Committee reviewing applications from defense counsel seeking consideration of defendants' immigration status in connection with plea offers, ensuring compliance with immigration-related protections.
• Law School Internship Program Provides law students with experience in prosecutorial work including case preparation for hearings and trials, research, briefs, and investigation assistance.
• College Internship Program Full and part-time internships for undergraduate students offering experience in prosecutorial work with case preparation, research, and court observation opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 90% of New Rochelle Opportunity Youth Part participants graduate without a criminal record and advance to employment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership launched in 2021 as part of the Gun & Gang Violence Initiative. Uses precision policing and prosecution model targeting repeat violent offenders through short-term and long-term violent crime investigations.
• Mount Vernon City CourtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in Emerging Adult Justice Part (EAJP) diversion program launched June 2021 for 18-25 year olds as alternative to prosecution.
• Legal Aid Society of WestchestercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in Emerging Adult Justice Part (EAJP) diversion program providing legal services to program participants.
• Youth Shelter of WestchestercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in Emerging Adult Justice Part (EAJP) diversion program providing services and opportunities for justice-facing young adults.
• Office of Court AdministrationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021State court partner in Emerging Adult Justice Part (EAJP) diversion program for young adults in the criminal justice system.
• New Rochelle City CourtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partner in Opportunity Youth Part (OYP) initiative providing resources for intervention, rehabilitation, education, housing, mentorship and employment for emerging adults ages 16-24.
• Westchester County Anti-Trafficking Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative initiative uniting law enforcement, service providers and community organizations to combat human trafficking across Westchester County. The DA's Special Prosecutions Division works closely with this task force to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases while connecting survivors with services.
• My Sisters' PlacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the largest providers of human trafficking survivor services in Westchester and the Lower Hudson Valley. Works with the DA's office to provide support, services and tools to help trafficking survivors safely escape their situations.
• U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal partner in the Gun & Gang Violence Initiative providing coordinated enforcement efforts and collaborative decisions about state, federal or joint prosecutions.
• Westchester County Department of Public SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty law enforcement partner in Gun & Gang Violence Initiative and GIVE Initiative for gun violence reduction in Mount Vernon and Yonkers.
• Mount Vernon Police DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Gun & Gang Violence Initiative and participant in Emerging Adult Justice Part diversion program since June 2021.
• New Rochelle Police DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Gun & Gang Violence Initiative and collaborated on gun buyback program with NYS Attorney General.
• Yonkers Police DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Gun & Gang Violence Initiative and participant in GIVE Initiative for gun violence reduction.
• Moms Demand ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGun safety advocacy organization partnered with WCDAO on Safe Storage Program for Westchester school districts to reduce school shootings and gun suicides among young people.
• HIDTA Gun Violence Strategy PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHigh Intensity Drug Trafficking Area partnership providing intelligence and data sharing between federal, state and local law enforcement. Crime Strategies Center analysts are embedded with this partnership.
• FBI Joint Terrorism Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst time in nearly a decade that WCDAO has assigned an investigator to be embedded with this federal task force for extremism monitoring.
• Westchester County Department of Community Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in diversion programs including Fresh Start, Westchester Misdemeanor Wellness Court, and OPT-In overdose prevention initiative.
• Urban League of WestchestercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides naloxone kits as part of the OPT-In overdose prevention program connecting individuals with substance use disorders to treatment services.
• Westchester Jewish Community ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides remote tele-health counseling services for crime victims through referral from the Victims' Justice Center.
• New York State Division of Criminal Justice ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunds the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) Initiative coordinated by WCDAO to reduce and prevent shootings and homicides in Mount Vernon and Yonkers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cook County State's Attorney's Office: Cook County (Illinois) prosecution agency serving Chicago and suburban areas. Comparable as a large urban-suburban county prosecution agency with similar prosecutorial, diversion, and victim service functions.
• Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office: Largest county DA's office in the United States. Comparable as a large-scale county prosecution agency with similar organizational structure, diversion programs, and specialized bureaus, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: Federal prosecution office covering Westchester County and other Southern District jurisdictions. Comparable as a prosecution agency with overlapping authority on federal cases and active partnership role with Westchester County DA.
• New York State Attorney General's Office: State-level prosecution and law enforcement agency that handles larger or more complex cases referred by county DAs and operates public integrity units. Comparable as a New York State public prosecution agency with overlapping prosecutorial authority on select matters.

Direct peers

• Bronx District Attorney's Office: Bronx County DA's office responsible for criminal prosecution in the Bronx. Directly comparable as a New York State county prosecution agency with parallel divisions, diversion programs, and victim services.
• Queens District Attorney's Office: Queens County DA's office serving the largest NYC borough by area. Comparable as a New York State county-level prosecution agency with similar organizational structure and prosecutorial services.
• Manhattan District Attorney's Office: New York County DA's office prosecuting felonies and misdemeanors in Manhattan. Directly comparable as a New York State county-level prosecution agency with similar prosecutorial mandate, diversion program focus, and victim services infrastructure.
• Brooklyn District Attorney's Office: Kings County DA's office handling criminal prosecution in Brooklyn. Directly comparable in scale, jurisdiction (NYC borough), and prosecutorial authority, with similarly large staff and diverse caseload.
• Suffolk County District Attorney's Office: Suffolk County DA's office on Long Island. Comparable suburban New York county prosecution agency with analogous caseload profile, diversion offerings, and victim services.
• Nassau County District Attorney's Office: Nassau County DA's office on Long Island. Comparable suburban New York county prosecution agency with similar geographic scope, scale, and prosecutorial functions to Westchester.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles16 records

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