Press Releases
D.A. Vance: Roderick Covlin Convicted of Murdering His Estranged Wife in 2009 
"Shele Danishefsky Covlin had a soaring career, two adoring children, and the love and respect of her many friends, colleagues, and relatives. crime."
District Attorney Vance Announces Indictment of Paul Manafort
“No one is beyond the law in New York."
D.A. Vance Announces Results of $38 Million Rape Kit Testing Investment Alongside Survivors, Advocates, Officials
"Testing every rape kit is our best practice and our moral imperative – both to ensure survivors receive the support and action they deserve, and to ensure that these backlogs never happen again."
D.A. Vance Announces Trial Conviction of Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald for 1996 Murder of Howard Pilmar
"For nearly 23 years, Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald evaded justice for their gruesome crime and thought they would get away with it, but today, a jury rightfully found them guilty of Murder in the Second Degree for planning Mr. Pilmar's murder together and acting in concert to carry out the cold-blooded killing."
Statement by PAGV Co-Chairs Mike Feuer and Cy Vance, Jr. on House Passage of the Bipartisan Background Checks Bill
"A bipartisan majority of the House has acted. We call on members of the Senate to show the same courage and leadership."
DA Vance Announces Sentencing of Sex Trafficker Who Trafficked 13-Year-Old Child
"The story of this profoundly courageous survivor shows us that in the safest big city in America, child sex trafficking still persists. It also demonstrates the unwavering commitment of our prosecutors and NYPD partners to shutting this market down.”
@ManhattanDA
This why we #TestEveryKit.
Results from our $38M investment to end the rape kit backlog are still rolling in >> https://t.co/oFwHAZ4yzB https://t.co/nn0zuURr7f
Hard work from our Sexual Assault Cold Case Unit has led to an arrest in two 1981 Sexual Assualt cases.
Additional cases from 1981 are also being reviewed.
📱If you have information please call @CLTCrimeStopper at 704-334-1600 https://t.co/lQ0m6tIzZn
DA Vance stopped by his alma mater @GeorgetownLaw to talk to students about our office's work and career opportunities. ⚖️
Apply >> https://t.co/hNLljXgEcM https://t.co/fxgLinPwFH
“Prevention is simply crime fighting done differently,” @manhattanDA Cyrus Vance, Jr. told @georgetownlaw students. “Great prevention strategies can do as much as prosecuting to make us safer.” https://t.co/UB8FLA3fvY
We tested 55,000 backlogged rape kits. Each kit represents a story. Here's Myisha's 👇 #TestEveryKit https://t.co/20nPNafb2S
Manhattan District Attorney's Office